• Question: How many roots does an average plant have?

    Asked by anon-234726 to Caragh, Alex, Jack, Lisa, Scott, Stuart on 14 Nov 2019. This question was also asked by anon-234796.
    • Photo: Caragh Whitehead

      Caragh Whitehead answered on 14 Nov 2019:

      It depends on the type of plant. If you think of plants like carrots they have the main big root called the tap root, which then has little hairy roots coming off it. Other plants have a network of roots that can spread far and wide. Therefore it is really difficult to give an average.

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