The results of the greenhouse research (2014) on growing girasol (Skorospelka variety) in soddy mesopodzol soil deliberately contaminated with nitric (HNO 3 ) and sulfuric (H 2 SO 4 ) acids. Objects of study: plant growth and development dynamics, changes in the content of plant pigments in leaves, photosynthetic rate, quality of crops – content of dry matter, raw protein, total sugars, (in tubers), nitrates; the soil was examined to determine exchange and hydrolytic acidity, content of nitrate nitrogen, total nitrogen, exchange sulfur. It was confirmed that contamination of soil with HNO 3 at 1 to 9 MACs has a positive effect on the growth and development of plants, increase of the yield of tops and tubers, raw protein in tips and tubers and has no adverse effect on soil. The contamination of soil with H 2 SO 4 at 1 MAC has no adverse effect on the growth and development of girasol, increases the content of dry matter in tops and tubers, the content of sugars in tubers and does not acidify pHKCl and HГ. Increasing the level of H 2 SO 4 contamination to 3 and 9 MACs is toxic for plants and soil. The potential for use of girasol as a phyto-ameliorant on HNO 3 -contaminated soils (3 and 9 MACs) and on H 2 SO 4 -contaminated soils (up to 1 MAC) was established. Products with 1 to 3 MACs are used for food and feed and products with 9 MACs are used for technical purposes.