Re: Root Depth


Scott,  I till my garden to a depth of 8" and when I have pulled the main
roots up they have always come out fairly easily.  Therefore I assume that
while they have been up to 6' long, they grow laterally no deeper than 8".

At 11:13 AM 10/14/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Scott,
>     when i pulled out the stump from my big one, it had like 3 or four
>main roots, they were very thick, and were about a foot and a half long.
>I'm not sure if they went straight down, or grew out, but they were
>pretty big.
>
>scott
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>Question: As a general rule, how deep does the main
>root (at the stump) grow? Also, how deep does the roots
>grow at the leaf junction? Thanks.
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>Scott in Alabama
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