Crops for acidic soil
Crops whose best soil reaches down to pH 5.5 or lower, most acid-loving first. Your soil health card says if your soil is acidic.
Sow in
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Tea Plantation
Best pH 4.5–5.5
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Rubber Plantation
Best pH 4.5–6.0
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Cashew Plantation
Best pH 4.5–6.5
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Pineapple Fruits
Best pH 4.5–6.5
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Varagu (Kodo Millet) Cereals
Best pH 4.8–6.0
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Betel Leaves Plantation
Best pH 5.0–5.6
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Sweet Orange (Mosambi) Fruits
Best pH 5.0–6.0
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Potato Vegetables
Best pH 5.0–6.2
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Cocoa Plantation
Best pH 5.0–6.5
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Tobacco Other
Best pH 5.0–6.5
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Maize Cereals
Best pH 5.0–7.0
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Sweet Potato Vegetables
Best pH 5.0–7.0
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Lablab Bean (Sem) Vegetables
Best pH 5.0–7.5
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Coconut Plantation
Best pH 5.0–8.0
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Sugarcane Sugar
Best pH 5.0–8.0
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Dragon Fruit Fruits
Best pH 5.3–6.7
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Arecanut Plantation
Best pH 5.5–6.0
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Cardamom Spices
Best pH 5.5–6.0
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Plum Fruits
Best pH 5.5–6.1
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Elephant Foot Yam Vegetables
Best pH 5.5–6.2
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Samai (Little Millet) Cereals
Best pH 5.5–6.2
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Peach Fruits
Best pH 5.5–6.3
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Mint (Mentha) Spices
Best pH 5.5–6.4
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Cinnamon & Tejpata Spices
Best pH 5.5–6.5
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Colocasia (Arbi) Vegetables
Best pH 5.5–6.5
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Curry Leaf Spices
Best pH 5.5–6.5
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Groundnut Oilseeds
Best pH 5.5–6.5
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Litchi Fruits
Best pH 5.5–6.5
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Niger Seed Oilseeds
Best pH 5.5–6.5
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Pear Fruits
Best pH 5.5–6.5
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Soybean Oilseeds
Best pH 5.5–6.5
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Tamarind Spices
Best pH 5.5–6.5
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Urad (Black Gram) Pulses
Best pH 5.5–6.5
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Walnut Fruits
Best pH 5.5–6.5
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Yam Vegetables
Best pH 5.5–6.5
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Brinjal Vegetables
Best pH 5.5–6.8
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Capsicum Vegetables
Best pH 5.5–6.8
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Green Chillies Vegetables
Best pH 5.5–6.8
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Tomato Vegetables
Best pH 5.5–6.8
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Bottle Gourd Vegetables
Best pH 5.5–7.0
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Coffee Plantation
Best pH 5.5–7.0
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Drumstick (Moringa) Vegetables
Best pH 5.5–7.0
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Green Peas Vegetables
Best pH 5.5–7.0
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Horse Gram (Kulthi) Pulses
Best pH 5.5–7.0
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Okra (Bhindi) Vegetables
Best pH 5.5–7.0
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Papaya Fruits
Best pH 5.5–7.0
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Peas & Beans (Dry) Pulses
Best pH 5.5–7.0
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Pecan Nut Fruits
Best pH 5.5–7.0
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Rice Cereals
Best pH 5.5–7.0
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Ridge Gourd Vegetables
Best pH 5.5–7.0
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Vanilla Spices
Best pH 5.5–7.0
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Banana Fruits
Best pH 5.5–7.5
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Beans (Vegetable) Vegetables
Best pH 5.5–7.5
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Ber Fruits
Best pH 5.5–7.5
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Cowpea (Lobia) Pulses
Best pH 5.5–7.5
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Grapes Fruits
Best pH 5.5–7.5
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Guava Fruits
Best pH 5.5–7.5
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Jackfruit Fruits
Best pH 5.5–7.5
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Lentil (Masoor) Pulses
Best pH 5.5–7.5
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Mango Fruits
Best pH 5.5–7.5
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Pumpkin Vegetables
Best pH 5.5–7.5
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Rajmash (Kidney Bean) Pulses
Best pH 5.5–7.5
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Sesame (Til) Oilseeds
Best pH 5.5–7.5
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Coriander Spices
Best pH 5.5–8.0
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Jowar (Sorghum) Cereals
Best pH 5.5–8.0
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Tapioca (Cassava) Vegetables
Best pH 5.5–8.0