Tap Root - A long root that anchors a plant by growing vertically downward. The term is often used in referring to the first undivided root of a seedling.
Tap root - The main root of a tree that anchors the tree in the ground.
Training pot - Any pot that is used to house the tree during the early period of training and styling.
Transpiration - The natural loss of water from a tree's leaves and stems.
Bonsai Glossary: tap root - The main downward growing root of a tree, helping to anchor it firmly in the ground.
Remove the circling roots, the thick tap root remnants under the crown and shorten larger storage roots. Try to keep as many of the fine roots as possible.
"When collecting I try to find trees with no tap root. These trees can often be lifted straight up and very few roots have to be cut. I wrap the rootball in moist moss from the area around the tree and pack everything tightly in a plastic bag.
Only the tap root remains uncut. First the straw rope is coiled cautiously and rather firmly thrice or more horizontally around the ball and then all around the surface of the ball, so the very porous, coarse, ...
After root pruning the long tap root, there is usually nothing left but a stub, no side roots whatsoever. The following spring there will be many large fleshy roots radiating from the cut end of the tap root. And they do radiate beautifully.
There has been discussion on the internet bonsai interest groups about a prominent, one sided, or tap root that seems to be present on many TE trees.
If you notice a long tap root you can safely trim this back. Depending on how much growth has occurred will determine just how much of the roots your should trim.
The problem was that I was trying to muscle a tree that was nearly 15 feet tall with one hand, while on my knees in mud and water, and at the same time trying to cut a possibly non-existing tap root with a Japanese pull saw with clogged teeth.
At this time you can safely do a trunk chop, and work on the roots, which will consist of cutting off the tap root and reducing the mass.
Cut off the tap root - use sterile equipment to prevent infection. Then plant the seedling in a growing pot with the roots spreading in all directions.
This fig species quickly forms a strong and thick tap root which can swell rapidly, this allows young plants if trapped in rocky areas to break the rocks and allow more room to grow, ...
Tamarix species are fire-adapted, and have long tap roots that allow them to intercept deep water tables and exploit natural water resources.
Assuming that you have planted all the seeds in a tray, as soon as they are managable you should pot them on into seperate pots. At this repotting cut the tip off of the main or tap root, ...
An additional use of the knob cutter is the removal of undesirable root or trunk material in the area of a partially removed tap root.
Larch - (Larix spp.) is a deciduous conifer which loses its needles in the fall. It is difficult to transplant from the wild as it has a long tap root. Larches need moisture year round.
almost like the Branch splitter, but the cutting lips are not as deep as those of a branch splitter, and the lips are positioned at a slight angle where as the Branch Splitters are positioned horizontally. Ideal for cutting the thicker tap roots and ...
This condition interests me, for the trees have low branches and the ever changing river bank leaves some tap roots exposed. The digging is simple, since the clay contributes to a tight root ball.
absorbed from the root tips, in the limited space of the pot, plenty slender
roots are better at absorbing water than few long and thick roots. Therefore,
you should prune all thick roots such as the tap roots that grow vertically
downwards.
 See also: Bonsai, Tree, Trunk, Root, Pot
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