Adolf Sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas) is a fast-growing annual and classic "spiller" plant commonly used for container ...

there are distinct differences between the Okinawan purple sweet potato and the ube tuber. Okinawan purple sweet potatoes, ...

sweet potatoes are actually roots that enlarge as they grow. Regular potatoes are tubers which is a different kind of plant structure. Sweet potatoes seem to sprout under just about any kind of ...

African tubers are a staple in several traditional diets and have recently gained attention for their health benefits, ...

He says sweet potatoes can be propagated from cuttings or tubers. Propagation from cuttings is possible only when the sweet potatoes remain in the field all through the year. The cuttings should ...

"If you want to focus on vine rather than tuber production, you can use the DAP fertilisers on your sweet potato crop," says Odongo. He says most sweet potato varieties will give excellent yields ...

Today the potato is the fifth most important crop worldwide, after wheat, corn, rice and sugar cane. But in the 18th century the tuber was a startling novelty, frightening to some, bewildering to ...