Yes, sweet potatoes can grow in Nevada, but the state is really several climates under one name. In the Las Vegas valley the crop is a routine summer job.

Nebraska has enough heat and enough season for a solid sweet potato crop, as long as the slips wait for warm soil rather than a date on the calendar.

Sweet potatoes can be grown in Montana, but as a project, not a routine crop.

Missouri gives sweet potatoes most of what they ask for: a long summer, plenty of heat, and rain that mostly arrives on schedule. The catch is timing.

Sweet potato slips go into Mississippi ground after the last frost, and only once the soil has caught up with the air.

Minnesota can grow sweet potatoes, but only on a short-summer schedule: start from slips, plant after the soil has warmed, and dig before the first fall…

Yes, and the timing is the whole game. Detroit’s last spring frost falls around April 30, but sweet potatoes wait for warm soil, which arrives later.

Massachusetts can grow sweet potatoes, but the crop asks for planning. The frost-free stretch is long on the coast and tighter inland, and a normal…

Maryland gives sweet potatoes what they need: roughly 193 to 216 days between the last spring freeze and the first fall one, and enough 90-degree days to…

Yes, sweet potatoes can be grown in Manitoba, but as a short-season project rather than a routine crop.