Unlike regular potatoes, sweet potatoes do not have eyes that grow into new plants. Skins contain fine roots—just like beets and carrots do—that can be coaxed into producing slips which are sweet ...

If you've ever tried growing sweet potatoes in your garden, you'll know they can be a bit finicky if you want a good crop. That's why sweet potatoes are one of the most difficult vegetables to grow in ...

Every year, I try something new in my garden, whether that's a new variety of some vegetable I've grown before, or some completely new gardening technique. This year, I decided to try my hand at ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - A couple of recent questions that I haven’t heard in some time is “how do I grow sweet potatoes in my garden?” and “where do I buy sweet potato slips?” Sweet potatoes are a ...

Sweet potatoes can be grown from slips started in water, soil, or directly in the garden. Growing your own slips saves money and ensures access to untreated, organic sweet potatoes. Warm temperatures ...

A couple of recent questions that I haven’t heard in some time are “How do I grow sweet potatoes in my garden?” and “Where do I buy sweet potato slips?” Sweet potatoes are a nutritionally dense and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sweet potatoes root prolifically and slips are started indoors in water or soil or outdoors directly in the garden. Read more here ...