Tag: sweet potato

The Easy Summer Garden

by Calvin Gardner
May 18, 2026

Why not get a little passive income from your garden this summer? The hottest season is here, and many people set down their shovels and rakes to let the land relax until the fall. I don’t blame them, it’s hot, but there are several golden ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Central Florida Gardening, Ginger, Horticulture, Residential Horticulture, Roselle, Sweet Potato, UF/IFAS Extension

UF study helps save revenue, farms from wireworms

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 18, 2026

LIVE OAK, Fla. --- Scientists with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are helping state growers save money by managing wireworms in their sweet potato farms. Wireworms became a problem in Florida after ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Extension, News, Suwannee Valley Agricultural Extension Center, Sweet Potato, Wireworm

How About Some Purple to Compliment Your Turkey Dinner

by Wendy Mussoline
November 17, 2023

Purple is the color of royalty and “Purple Majesty” and “Purple Splendor” are two newly released varieties of sweet potato bred by Drs. Craig Yencho and Kenneth Pecota at North Carolina State University. This same program is responsible ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops
Tags: Anthocyanins, Contest, Covington, Majesty, PIE, Purple, Splendor, Sweet Potato

Holy Sweetpotato Batman

by Wendy Mussoline
February 4, 2022

A colorful array... Like Joseph's coat of many colors, what better vegetable to brighten up your Thanksgiving meal! Orange, white, yellow and purple-flesh sweetpotatoes are coming out of the ground in Live Oak, Hastings, and Fort Pierce at ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, Health & Nutrition
Tags: Cultivar, LSU, NC State, Purple-flesh, Sweet Potato

Q: Are the words sweet potato and yams interchangeable?

by BLOGS.IFAS
October 16, 2018

A: This is the season when this question gets asked most often. I took the following information from Texas A&M Extension. Hopefully, this will answer your question. “Several decades ago when orange flesh sweet potatoes were introduced ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
Tags: Ipomoea Batatas, Sweet Potato, Yam

Q: I have been reading about the benefits of eating sweet potatoes and I think I would like to grow it here. What do you recommend?

by BLOGS.IFAS
October 16, 2018

A: The sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas, originated in tropical America and ranked second only to the Irish potato as an important vegetable until World War II. The sweet potato is a good source of sugars, carbohydrates, calcium, iron, and other ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
Tags: Ipomoea Batatas, Sweet Potato

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