Sweet potatoes are ready to harvest after about 90 to 130 days in the ground. Getting this timing right is very important, as harvesting too early or too late can impact sweet potato flavor.

Cut the vines. Snipping off sweet potato vines a few days before harvesting doesn’t extend the shelf life of tubers or thicken their skins, but it makes digging them much easier. Dig wide.

The optimal time to harvest sweet potatoes is immediately before or after the first frost. Allow sweet potato leaves turn yellow, which signals growth has stopped and the roots have matured.

Orange-fleshed sweet potatoes are popular and nutritious, have moist flesh, and the available varieties suit a range of climates. Tried-and-true ‘Beauregard’ (90 to 100 days) is productive and ...

Learn when to harvest sweet potatoes and how to start curing sweet potatoes after harvest to enjoy the long-awaited fruits of your labors. If you’re like me, the start of fall is not only ...

Growing your own transplants For a home gardener, a few plants can be had from one or two sweet potatoes. Select a medium-sized potato with diameter close to 2 inches.

Sweet potatoes are a long-season crop that takes anywhere from 90-120 days to reach maturity. Our growing season is shorter here than in other parts of the state.” ...

From left, James Hardin, Carey Byrd, and Richard Byrd, stand around the over 17-pound sweet potato grown in their back yard in Carrollton, Virginia, on Dec. 11, 2024.