Pilar wants to plant a garden to grow food in her backyard. She has measured the soil pH and it found it to be 5.73. Pilar does not want to add chemicals to the soil. Instead, she would like to plant foods that will grow well in the soil at its current pH. She studies the chart of soil pH tolerance for various plants. Which foods should Pilar plant?

Choose the correct answer.

lettuce, asparagus, and raspberry

asparagus, pumpkin, and cucumber

cucumber, blackberry, and raspberry

blackberry, raspberry, and blueberry

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Biology

Mr. Clean

2 October, 09:12

Pilar wants to plant a garden to grow food in her backyard. She has measured the soil pH and it found it to be 5.73. Pilar does not want to add chemicals to the soil. Instead, she would like to plant foods that will grow well in the soil at its current pH. She studies the chart of soil pH tolerance for various plants. Which foods should Pilar plant?

Choose the correct answer.

lettuce, asparagus, and raspberry

asparagus, pumpkin, and cucumber

cucumber, blackberry, and raspberry

blackberry, raspberry, and blueberry

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Brooke Arellano · Answer 1

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Explanation:

Plants with the above PH are said to be suited for acidic soils. Raspberry suited for soil between 5.5-6.5

Blackberry is 5.0-6.0

Cucumber is 5.5-7.0

So the above value falls within that these ranges.