How to Use root crop in a Sentence

root crop

noun

• And check out a very rare root crop, mauka, which was unknown to most until the 1960s.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Feb. 2018
• The next 30 percent should be for high-calorie root crops, like potatoes.
  — Ac Shilton, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2020
• Then, follow the heavy feeding crops with light-feeding root crops.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 23 Feb. 2017
• And that would also allow farmers to plan ahead and sell more stored root crops and greenhouse and hoop crops.
  — Alison Arnett, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2019
• Plant root crops such as beets, carrots, radishes, rutabagas and turnips by seed.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 30 Aug. 2019
• The other root crops take longer to be ready to harvest but can be harvested over a long season.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 30 Aug. 2019
• The first definite reports of carrots as a root crop came from modern day Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan.
  — Nayeli Lomeli, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2021
• The simplest plants for beginners are greens such as lettuce, spinach and chard, or root crops such as radishes and carrots, Botts said.
  — Felicia Dechter, chicagotribune.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• Still time to plant cool-season vegetables: Direct seed root crops like carrots, radishes and turnips now.
  — NOLA.com, 10 Feb. 2018
• For fruit, strawberries are a good option. Trickier to grow are root crops like carrots, beets or potatoes, and tall ones like corn, which will fall over.
  — oregonlive, 9 Mar. 2020
• That name was already applied to a tropical root crop, a species of Dioscorea, commonly grown around the world in tropical climates.
  — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 17 Mar. 2018
• Children frequently put dirty hands in their mouths and sometimes eat soil, and adults and children might ingest soil adhering to root crops.
  — Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2019
• Biennial root crops include beet, carrot, parsnip and leek.
  — Pam Peirce, SFChronicle.com, 2 Aug. 2019
• Another fast-growing root crop, often ignored, are turnips.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2022
• Then there is skirret, a root crop that lost popularity when the potato was introduced into Europe.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Feb. 2018
• Davis will have plenty of those root crops to accompany the broccoli and cauliflower on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
  — Steve Edwards, Alaska Dispatch News, 18 Oct. 2017
• In mid-August set out broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts transplants, and in late August sow beets, carrots, radishes, spinach, lettuce and other leaf and root crops.
  — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 11 July 2018
• It’s easily damaged when the seedling is young, and this damage will cause a deformed, poor-quality final product. Do not be tempted to transplant extra seedlings to other spots when thinning root crops.
  — NOLA.com, 21 Oct. 2017
• Feed your growing plants by watering every couple of weeks with compost tea or applying a fertilizer recommended for potatoes or root crops.
  — Jean Nick, Good Housekeeping, 22 July 2018
• When replanting edibles beds, follow heavy-feeding vegetables like spinach and cabbage with nitrogen-replenishing legumes such as beans, peas, and soybeans; or plant a less-demanding root crop.
  — Sunset Magazine, 3 Aug. 2020
• Feed your growing plants by watering every couple of weeks with compost tea or applying an organic fertilizer recommended for potatoes or root crops according to its label’s recommendations.
  — Jean Nick, Good Housekeeping, 3 Feb. 2017

Last Updated: 3 Oct 2024