pH preference of our cultivations.

pH Preference List for Vegetables & Herbs

Dear All,

We know how important the soil pH is for our cultivations, well here is a list of the soil pH that the majority of plants that we grow need.

Hope you find it useful.


Artichoke      6.5 - 7.5
Asparagus 6.0 - 8.0
Basil    5.5 - 6.5
Bean's    6.0 - 7.5
Beetroot    6.0 - 7.5
Broccoli    6.0 - 7.0
Brussels    6.0 - 7.5
Cabbage    6.0 - 7.5
Calabrese 6.5 - 7.5
Carrots    5.5 - 7.0
Cauliflower5.5 - 7.5
Celery    6.0 - 7.0
Chicory    5.0 - 6.5
Chives    6.0 - 7.0
Corn - St   5.5 - 7.5
Cress     6.0 - 7.0
Courgette 5.5 - 7.0
Cucumber    5.5 - 7.0
Fennel    5.0 - 6.0
Garlic    5.5 - 7.5
Ginger    6.0 - 8.0
Kale    6.0 - 7.5
Kohlrabi    6.0 - 7.5
Leek    6.0 - 8.0
Lettuce    6.0 - 7.0
Marjoram    6.0 - 8.0
Marrow    6.0 - 7.5
Mint    7.0 - 8.0
Mushroom 6.5 - 7.5
Mustard    6.0 - 7.5
Onion    6.0 - 7.0
Paprika    7.0 - 8.5
Parsley    5.0 - 7.0
Parsnip    5.5 - 7.5
Pea    6.0 - 7.5
Peanut    5.0 - 6.5
Pepper    5.5 - 7.0
Peppermit 6.0 - 7.5
Pistachio    5.0 - 6.0
Potato    4.5 - 6.0
Pumpkin    5.5 - 7.5
Radish    6.0 - 7.0
Rice    5.0 - 6.0
Rosemary    5.0 - 6.0
Sage    5.5 - 6.5
Shallot    5.5 - 7.0
Sorghum    5.5 - 7.5
Soybean    5.5 - 6.5
Spearmint 5.5 - 7.5
Spinach    6.0 - 7.5
Swede    5.5 - 7.0
Thyme    5.5 - 7.0
Tomato    5.5 - 7.5
Turnip     5.5 - 7.0
Water Cs  6.0 - 8.0

I copied this from a leaflet in a Westminster pH test kit that I recently bought.
Is this okay copyright wise?

You could put that list together from reference books anyway so I don't think there's a copyright issue. Very useful way to present the data though, thanks.

Actually think I'd aim for a higher pH with the brassicas - as high as 8, especially if there is club root in the soil.

Bring them on in pots - take them up to 5" or even 8" and then dig a large hole, dust with lime and then plant into bought in compost. I know a grower with badly infected soil who grew show winning cauliflowers that way. It gives them enough root room to develop before the club root gets them.

pH 6 - 7.5 for brassicas is quite right.  They prefere a slightly acid soil.

BUT

so does the soil-borne fungus Plasmodiophora brassicae which causes club root.

Raise the pH to 8 and the club root will hate it but the brassicas will tollerate it.


Not a lot a people know that 

No I must admit I didn't.