Soil pH

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**Field Crops**
PLANT TYPE	SOIL pH
Alfalfa	6.2-7.8
Barley	6.5-7.8
Bean, field	6.0-7.5
Beets, sugar	6.5-8.0
Bluegrass, Kentucky	5.5-7.5
Clover, red	6.0-7.5
Clover, sweet	6.5-7.5
Clover, white	5.6-7.0
Corn	5.5-7.5
Flax	5.0-7.0
Oats	5.0-7.5
Pea, field	6.0-7.5
Peanut	5.6-6.6
Rice	5.0-6.5
Rye	5.0-7.0
Sorghum	5.5-7.5
Soybean	6.0-7.0
Sugar cane	6.0-8.0
Tobacco	5.5-7.5
Wheat	5.5-7.5

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