These tips and tricks will help you dig up plenty of tasty tubers—at just the right time. Since potatoes grow underground, it can be hard to tell when they're ready to harvest. Watch their foliage.

Curing sweet potatoes makes them sweeter and helps them last longer. Curing sweet potatoes involves drying them for several ...

Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) are usually harvested about 100 to 110 days after planting or when the plant’s leaves start to yellow. Though, sweet potatoes can continue to grow after their leaves ...

Did you hear about the tree that deserted the forest at the end of autumn? It was absent without leaf. Fall leaf color is probably autumn’s most recognizable sign, but a close second are bright ...

I tried my hand at freezing a small quantity of peas this summer for the first time. I admire people who freeze larger quantities because it’s a lot of work, picking, shelling, washing and blanching ...

MOSCOW — Gustavo Teixeira knows the best way to supply more food to a growing population is by wasting less of it. As a new assistant professor and potato postharvest physiologist with University of ...

Prepare for a long growing season and harvest before the first frost. Harvest by digging carefully with a shovel or garden fork. Sweet potatoes develop their best flavor after curing and can be stored ...

As gardeners dig into the produce they harvested in the fall, they may be disappointed to see spoilage and other problems. Here are some tips from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach ...

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. Keep an ...

I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about harvesting potatoes, as a lot of gardeners aren’t quite sure when, exactly, to dig them up. And who could blame them? Size, scent and firmness inform ...