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What are sweet potato slips?

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QUESTION: What are sweet potato slips? I saw them mentioned in an article about growing sweet potatoes, but I don't know what they actually are. - Rebecca W ANSWER: Sweet potato slips are sprouts from a sweet potato that have been rooted. This is necessary to grow sweet … [Read more...]

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Do sweet potato plants need to flower?

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QUESTION: Do sweet potato plants need to flower? Is there a way to determine if the sweet potato plants will produce flowers? -Kevin B. GARDENING CHANNEL REPLIES: No, sweet potatoes do not need to flower. In fact, not all sweet potato plants flower as part of their growth … [Read more...]

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100 Ways to Use Sweet Potatoes You Grow in Your Garden

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by Erin Marissa Russell If your family and friends have already enjoyed your garden’s harvest of sweet potatoes served in all your favorite dishes but you’ve still got a pile of potatoes to cook, Gardening Channel has brought together 100 recipes to help spice things up. … [Read more...]

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Health Benefits of Sweet Potatoes

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sweet potato benefits

Sweet potato is a vegetable that seems to be coming into its own recently. Emerging from the shadow of the regular potato, the sweet potato is being grown for its own distinct color and flavor. Many people call them yams, although in truth the two species are completely … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Nutrition Tagged With: cooking sweet potatoes, growing sweet potatoes, health benefits of sweet pototoes, sweet potato, sweet potato nutrition

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