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 ...

Nov. 2 (UPI) --A Georgia man is attempting to get a Guinness World Records title after harvesting 186 pounds of sweet potatoes from a single plant. David Anderson of Washington County gathered ...

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 ...

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 ...

A warm fall puts the brakes on a normally fast-paced potato harvest for R.D. Offutt farms in central Minnesota. Aaron Buehler, RDO farm manager for Ripley/Royalton, Minnesota, grabs a bag of spuds on ...

You can smell starch in the air as tractors kick up dirt and semitrucks filled with potatoes can be seen rolling through Aroostook County. Farmers are racing to gather their crop before the frosts. At ...

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 ...

Potato maturity depends on the variety, ranging from about 110 days for early types to over 120 days for late ones. Key harvest signals include firm skin, flowering for early harvests, and foliage ...