Table 2. Chemical characteristics of the soil from the fields where the different hop shoot cultivars were sampled.
| Parameter | Cultivar | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ‘Aurora’ | ‘Celeia’ | ‘Dana’ and ‘Hallertauer Magnum’ | ‘Savinjski golding’ | |
| pH | 7.2 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.6 |
| w(P2O5)/(mg/100 g) | 28.0 | 40.2 | 24.1 | 39.0 |
| Soil supply class (P2O5) | D | E | C | D |
| w(K2O)/(mg/100 g) | 34.6 | 28.0 | 34.8 | 30.0 |
| Soil supply class (K2O) | D | C | D | C/D |
| w(Mg)/(mg/100 g) | 39.3 | - | 15.8 | 5.6 |
| Soil supply class (Mg) | E | - | D | C |
| w(humus)/% | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
| Humus content | C | C | C | C |
A=very low, B=low, C=good, D=oversupplied (P2O5 between 26 and 40 mg/100 g), E=excessive (P2O5˃40 mg/100 g)