The plant was hybridized by Paul H. Halladin in Boring, Oregon, and introduced by Iseli Nursery. It is one of 33 new ...

Adolf Sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas) is a fast-growing annual and classic "spiller" plant commonly used for container gardening. Its long tendrils of varied leaf shapes and colors that include ...

If you are a fan of the color and ground-covering abilities of sweet potato vine but find they sometimes get a bit out of ...

Sweet potatoes and yams are not the same thing. Yams are herbaceous, perennial vines with a starchy tuber. They are monocots and are in the genus, Dioscorea. They are native to Africa, Asia and ...

Sweet potato is supposed to be harvested from 70 to 100 days or from 3 to 4 months after you plant the little vine pieces. My dad and a friend of mine have grown their sweet potato vines in raised ...

Sweet potato started to develop slips and consume lots of water, starting from about 2-3 oz/day to peak of around 20 oz/day ...

Sweet potato (Ipomea batatas) is a member of the Convolvulaceae, or morning glory, plant family. The latter contains about 60 genera and more than 1600 species, most of which are herbaceous vines.

Also, the roots of your ornamental sweet potato vine are technically edible, though they probably won’t taste that good.

Sweet potatoes will be ready to harvest about 90 to 120 days after planting. To harvest them, cut back their vines, then use ...

Sweet potatoes are an easy-to-grow root vegetable that stores well. Find out when and how to harvest crops and add variety to your winter menu choices.

Tissue culture is the artificial growth of plant cells from purified samples. In yam, cells are obtained either from leaves, vines or tubers and rapidly multiplied in a fully equipped laboratory.