The Best Sweet Potatoes to Grow in New Jersey
In New Jersey, go for quick-maturing sweet potatoes, and choose compact or semi-bush vines if your beds are small.
When to Plant Sweet Potatoes in New Hampshire
Plant sweet potato slips in New Hampshire after the last spring frost has passed and the soil has warmed, which means late spring, not April.
The Best Sweet Potatoes to Grow in New Hampshire
Grow the quick-maturing, orange-fleshed types, plant them as slips on a warm, sunny bed, and treat the long-season varieties as a gamble.
What Eats Pepper in South Carolina, and When
In South Carolina, the thing that eats most into a pepper crop is weather, not a bug.
What Eats Onion in West Virginia, and When
Onion pests in West Virginia follow the onion’s own calendar. Cutworms and onion maggots go after seedlings and young transplants in spring.
When to Pull Carrots in New York, and How to Keep Them
Count 70 to 100 days from seeding, because carrots are sown in place and never transplanted.
When to Plant Sweet Potatoes in Newfoundland and Labrador
Plant sweet potato slips outdoors in Newfoundland and Labrador in the first half of June, and start them indoors in April.
What Eats Onion in Washington, and When
Three things eat onions in Washington: onion maggots working on young plants in cool spring soil, thrips rasping the leaves once summer warms up, and rot…
What Eats Pepper in Saskatchewan, and When
Weather does most of the damage to peppers in Saskatchewan, and the timing matters more than the intensity. Extreme heat is rare.
The Best Sweet Potatoes to Grow in Newfoundland and Labrador
Pick the earliest-maturing, compact-vined sweet potato you can find, start from slips rather than seed, and give it soil warmed under black plastic or in…