pH plant preferences for vegetables, fruit, herbs and food plants

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pH Plant Preferences

Vegetables, Fruit, Herbs and Food Plants

Plants are listed here in columns according to the pH level they prefer.
Note that some are very sensitive to pH levels outside their tolerant range, in which case they will appear in more than one column even though they are coloured yellow as being "sensitive".

A plain background means the plant is fairly tolerant.

A light green background means that this is an ideal pH for this plant.

A pink background means that this plant is very sensitive to the pH level of the soil.

A yellow background is the ideal pH for this sensitive plant

pH 4.5	pH 5.25	pH 6.0	pH 6.75	pH 7.5
Bilberry	Apples	Almond	Alfalfa	Alfalfa
Cranberry	Bilberry	Apple	Almond	Artichoke, jerusalem
	Blackberry	Aubergine	Apple	Asparagus
	Chicory	Bean, broad	Artichoke, jerusalem	Avacado
	Cranberry	Bean, climbing	Asparagus	Barley
	Gooseberry	Bean, french	Avacado	Bean, french
	Pineapple	Bean runner	Barley	Beetroot
	Potato	Blackberry	Bean, broad	Beet, sugar
	Rhubarb	Broccoli	Bean, climbing	Broccoli
	Rosemary	Brussels sprouts	Bean, french	Cabbage
	Sage	Cabbage	Bean, lima	Capsicum
	Strawberries	Capsicum	Bean, runner	Cauliflower
		Carrot	Beet, sugar	Celery
		Cauliflower	Beetroot	Cherries
		Celery	Broad bean	Chives
		Cherry	Broccoli	Corn
		Chickory	Brussels sprouts	Cucumber
		Chives	Cabbage	Currants
		Climbing bean	Cantaloup melon	French beans
		Corn	Capsicum	Grape vine
		Courgette	Carrots	Garlic
		Cucumber	Cauliflower	Horseradish
		Currants	Celery	Jerusalem artichoke
		Eggplant	Cherries	Leek
		Endive	Chives	Lettuce
		French bean	Climbing bean	Mulberry
		Garlic	Corn	Mushroom
		Gooseberry	Courgette	Mustard
		Horseradish	Crab apple	Onion
		Kale	Cucumber	Parsnip
		Lemon	Currants	Peach
		Lentil	Endive	Peas
		Lettuce	French beans	Pecan
		Marrow	Garlic	Pepper
		Mulberry	Grape vine	Plum
		Mustard	Grapefruit	Raddish
		Olives	Horseradish	Spinach
		Onions	Jerusalem artichoke	Sweet corn
		Parsley	Kale	Sugar beet
		Parsnip	Kohl rabi	Tomato
		Peach	Leek	Turnip
		Pear	Lemon	Watercress
		Pea	Lentil
		Pepper	Lettuce
		Pineapple	Lima bean
		Plum	Marrow
		Potato	Melon
		Pumpkin	Mulberry
		Raddish	Mushroom
		Raspberry	Mustard
		Rhubarb	Olive
		Rosemary	Onion
		Runner bean	Orange
		Rye	Parsley
		Sage	Parsnip
		Shallots	Pea
		Soyabean	Peach
		Sprouts, brussels	Pear
		Squash	Pecan
		Strawberry	Pepper
		Swede	Plum
		Sweet corn	Pumpkin
		Thyme	Quince
		Tomato	Raddish
		Turnip	Raspberry
		Watermelon	Rhubarb
			Runner bean
			Salsify
			Scorzonera
			Shallot
			Soyabean
			Spinach
			Squash
			Swede
			Sweet corn
			Swiss chard
			Thyme
			Tomato
			Turnip
			Watercress
			Watermelon

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