Since potatoes grow underground, it can be hard to tell when they're ready to harvest. Watch their foliage. Once the leaves turn brown and die, wait a few weeks for the largest, best potatoes. Make ...

You’ve put in the hard work and effort to lovingly plant and grow potatoes in your garden. Next comes the fun part: digging your potatoes up and enjoying your bounty. Yet how do you know when potatoes ...

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 ...

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM/WABI) - For much of the month, fields across the state were filled with heavy machinery, farmers working from sunrise to sunset, and freshly harvested potatoes. With the ...

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 ...

GRACE — Idaho produces about 13 billion pounds of potatoes yearly. That's a lot of spuds and there's a relatively short window of time to harvest and get them safely into cellar storage before the ...

Growers of peanuts (Arachis hypogaea L.), potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) and sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) face the challenge of estimating the best time to harvest and the quality and yield of their ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - It's officially spud harvest season, and drivers are being reminded to be cautious on the roads. Local drivers can find themselves stuck behind farming equipment on the ...

Nearly 12,000 pounds of potatoes were donated to Food Bank of Wyoming during the fourth annual potato harvest at the recent University of Wyoming’s James C. Hageman Sustainable Agriculture Research ...