SOIL pH RECOMMENDED FOR VARIOUS CROPS ON VARIOUS SOILS
Mineral soils with subsoil pH
Organic soils
Crop
> pH 6
< ph 6
pH
Alfalfa
6.5
6.8
5.3
Other forage legumes
6.0
6.8
1
5.3
Corn
6.0
6.5
5.3
Soybeans
6.0
6.5
5.3
Small grains
6.0
6.5
5.3
Other crops
6.0
6.5
5.3
1
Birdsfoot trefoil should be limed to pH 6.0.
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Corn, Soybean, Wheat, and Alfalfa Field GuideBulletin 827