Tuesday I bought 9 Beauregard sweet potato plants from a local store. I haven’t grown sweet potatoes in a very long time. This afternoon I started digging the bed for […]
Sweet Potato Curing Rig
This is a rewrite, from memory, of a lost blog post that I wrote in 2008 about my sweet potato curing rig. This was my sweet potato curing rig from a few […]
Rooting Sweet Potatoes II
This is an update from “Rooting Sweet Potatoes” [tagged Sweet Potatoes]. The sweet potato sprouts and the cut sweet potatoes have been in water for six days. Since then, I […]
Rooting Sweet Potatoes
Two years ago I planted 9 sweet potato plants in an 8×9 foot bed. Eight plants flourished and yielded 52 pounds of sweet potatoes. I commented that was 52 pounds […]
Harvesting Sweet Potatoes
Harvest sweet potatoes before the vines have frostbite. Frost on the vines can damage your crop, so if the vines get killed back by frost, cut the vines. Harvest the potatoes […]
Do Sweet Potatoes Bloom
Yes, sweet potatoes bloom, but so much that they make a good display. This sweet potato is “Beauregard.” The flower resembles a morning glory because sweet potatoes and morning glories […]
Update: Sweet Potatoes
This is a sweet potato update. Because I posted how I plant sweet potatoes, it seems appropriate that I should post an update on their progress. The sweet potatoes have […]
