Soil pH and the Home Landscape or Garden

This document is SL 256, one of a series of the Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date January 2008. Revised July 2011. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication. This fact sheet has been adapted by Amy L. Shober for use in Delaware, and is available at: https://www.udel.edu/academics/colleges/canr/cooperative-extension/fact-sheets/delaware-gardeners-guide-to-soil-ph/

Amy L. Shober, former associate professor, Center for Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center; Christine Wiese, assistant editor, Restoration and Plant Ecology Lab, Department of Environmental Horticulture; Geoffrey C. Denny, former assistant professor, Department of Environmental Horticulture, UF/IFAS GCREC; and Rao Mylavarapu, professor and soil & nutrient management specialist, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, and director, UF/IFAS ANSERV Laboratories; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.