How to Grow: Sweet Potatoes
Learn about sweet potatoes, including how to plant and grow this vegetable. Listen to Podcast: podcast transcript How to Grow: Sweet Potato Now here’s a vegetable you normally don’t think of growing in the Northeast, but you actually can. Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) are a traditional Southern crop and need heat and a long season (up to 4 months) to form potatoes. However, with a few tricks, I’ve been able to grow good-sized sweet potatoes even in Vermont, so it is possible. The keys with growing sweet potatoes in our sometimes cool...