Roots growing in a certain direction? Awww....you are kidding right? Can't imagine how confused the plants must get that are planted in pots and keep getting moved around? I laugh just thinking about them trying to reorient themselves every time the pot is turned? Of course the leaves grow toward the sun, so I suppose the magnetic poles could pull the roots in a northerly direction?
No really, I have never paid any attention to the direction of roots, I thought a root grew in the direction of the food and water? Any reason for a main root to grow toward the north?