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What is a tap root?

Spooneroonie
Spooneroonie Posts: 41 Forumite
in Gardening
Sorry, this shows how completely clueless I am, but the book that I have been reading about vegetables says for beetroot and carrots I need to plant them out before their tap roots develop. What is a tap root?

Hope I am not wasting anyone's time...

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  • FatVonD
    FatVonD Posts: 5,315 Forumite
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    The tap root is what will essentially become the carrot, the carrot is the root of the plant. Have you ever pulled up a dandelion? They have a tap root too, it's kind of like one thick tuberous root rather than lots of fine ones if that makes sense?

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