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Vegetable root depth
Can anyone recommend a source where I could find out how deep various
plant roots need to be to survive? This would be nice to know when preparing a new garden bed - obviously a carrot needs a deeper bed than a radish or lettuce, for example. Thanks! Scott |
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Vegetable root depth
actually, the most efficient method of covering root veggies for use in winter or
over wintering is to mound the marsh hay up and over the bed. Ingrid (Scott) wrote: Can anyone recommend a source where I could find out how deep various plant roots need to be to survive? This would be nice to know when preparing a new garden bed - obviously a carrot needs a deeper bed than a radish or lettuce, for example. Thanks! Scott ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 15:36:59 -0400, Frogleg wrote:
!!!! I am always surprised at how *shallow* veg plant roots are. Even in thoroughly tilled and amended soil, when I pull up tomato plants at the end of the season, the roots (the ones that come up with the plant) don't seem to be more than 8-10" deep. Of course root hairs may be deeper, but waaay short of 4'. A beet root tapers to the size of a toothpick within 6". I can't imagine that 6' of good loose soil is required to grow one. Some veg are nourished not by providing great depth, but mounding soil or compost around a relatively shallow planting -- potatoes, celery. The directions that came with my asparagus crowns said to trench to a depth of 18", build a long 5-6" mound in the middle to support the crowns, and gradually add compost each year. I also have successfully grown many (small tomatoes, chiles) veg in pots that were no deeper than 10". Nobody in their right mind (flame shield on) is going to till and amend a to a depth of 4-6'. 10-12" is plenty enough for any vegetable. Simple as that. But I agree with you. |
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