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Dropping temperatures can actually make your produce taste sweeter, as root crops develop more sugars when the thermostat drops below 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
Basil deters carrot flies and other pests that damage root crops and riddle carrots with unsightly holes.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2024
The sugar beet is a root crop, which is sliced and processed down into sugar cane and molasses.
—Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
Direct seed root crops into garden beds: radishes, beets, carrots and turnips.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
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Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
Basil deters carrot flies and other pests that damage root crops and riddle carrots with unsightly holes.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2024
The sugar beet is a root crop, which is sliced and processed down into sugar cane and molasses.
—Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
Direct seed root crops into garden beds: radishes, beets, carrots and turnips.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
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“Root crop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/root%20crop. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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