Hi there! This is something I'm doing right now. I have mine on a porch that gets about three hours sun in the early morning, then it's shade the rest of the day. Have fun with it!
I grow sweet potato vines in one of my gardens every year. They are a vegetable that needs lots of sun and lots of water. I simply cut the 'eye' portions off an existing sweet potato - after all springs frosts have passed - then plant the 'sets' the same way you do regular potatoes. Keep them watered and the weeds from around them and you'll have sweet potatoes to dig in the fall. Be sure to harvest the sweet potatoes before the first fall frost, if you don't the potatoes won't keep after digging them.
Somehow my house and garden got tiny gnats that killed my fuchsia plant and fly everywhere. I have tried ALL the Web recommendations - soap and oil dishes, sand in th...
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Growing our first garlic, should we wait until the leaves are drying out before we pick it? Husband picked first one today along with our first potatoes.
Hi everyone, I have mice in my garden destroying my vegetables and I have also noticed them in the barn and shed. Please can someone tell me how to prevent them from ...
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I have 2 sweet potato vines growing like crazy in my kitchen. They are still in a glass with water. I would like to put them outside in pots. Do I plant the whole ...
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I know that when placing sweet potatoes in water for growing vines, one end of the potato should be placed in water. Is it possible to cut the potato in half to make...
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Hi there! This is something I'm doing right now. I have mine on a porch that gets about three hours sun in the early morning, then it's shade the rest of the day. Have fun with it!
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I grow sweet potato vines in one of my gardens every year. They are a vegetable that needs lots of sun and lots of water. I simply cut the 'eye' portions off an existing sweet potato - after all springs frosts have passed - then plant the 'sets' the same way you do regular potatoes. Keep them watered and the weeds from around them and you'll have sweet potatoes to dig in the fall. Be sure to harvest the sweet potatoes before the first fall frost, if you don't the potatoes won't keep after digging them.