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best soil and water ph testers
- Thread starter dmcheatw
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I use General Hydros Liquid pH test kit.
Simply fill the vial up half way,put in three drops of the pH test indicator fluid and shake for 10 seconds and match to color chart.
I use this to check my soils pH too.
Simply get some pplain 7/0 pH water and water your plant slowly and walk away for a few minutes (no water should drain from your container).Come back and be sure to hace a bowl to catch the runoff with or you could place the vial under a hole to catch the runoff.
Water slowly again until you see signs of runoff.Collect only the first few drops of run off to fill the vial half way.
Add the trhee drops of indicator fluid and shake and match.
pH of the runoff os the pH of the soil.
Simply fill the vial up half way,put in three drops of the pH test indicator fluid and shake for 10 seconds and match to color chart.
I use this to check my soils pH too.
Simply get some pplain 7/0 pH water and water your plant slowly and walk away for a few minutes (no water should drain from your container).Come back and be sure to hace a bowl to catch the runoff with or you could place the vial under a hole to catch the runoff.
Water slowly again until you see signs of runoff.Collect only the first few drops of run off to fill the vial half way.
Add the trhee drops of indicator fluid and shake and match.
pH of the runoff os the pH of the soil.
I love these-
No issues with bleeding and testing of dark fluids (tea and runoff and fert solutions) is not a problem and does not alter results.
I love these things.
http://www.ph-ion.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=205
minds_I
No issues with bleeding and testing of dark fluids (tea and runoff and fert solutions) is not a problem and does not alter results.
I love these things.
http://www.ph-ion.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=205
minds_I
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^ wow Thanks!
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I got a Kelway soil tester....awesome. Spot on and you don't have to check runoff. You
just stick it in the soil for an instant reading.
I also use ph strips from the aquarium or pool section at walmart for checking water ph. Also shows hardness of water, and nitrate levels.
Cheers,
just stick it in the soil for an instant reading.
I also use ph strips from the aquarium or pool section at walmart for checking water ph. Also shows hardness of water, and nitrate levels.
Cheers,
bostrom155
Active member
Go to the Pet store in the aquarium section, they have a junior Ph test kit, it only takes 2 drops and it's only 5ml. I have enough for a yaer of testing and the drops are only like 5 bucks and they'll last a long time
Yeah, this is true, but you can't measure runoff or murky fluids. With the pH stix-you drip and read-no staining and bleeding from the fluid to deal with.
IAMX, just order them-there are plastic stixs with a pH compound ont he end-it has two color codes to dial int he pH.
They work great for me and you don't have to calibrate them or store them in a fluid.
The drawback is that it takes 30-45 seconds to complete a test unlike the instant digital pens.
minds_I
IAMX, just order them-there are plastic stixs with a pH compound ont he end-it has two color codes to dial int he pH.
They work great for me and you don't have to calibrate them or store them in a fluid.
The drawback is that it takes 30-45 seconds to complete a test unlike the instant digital pens.
minds_I
bostrom155
Active member
minds_I said:
Mmmmmm. Never heard of this before. I've done side by side with the sticks and they were the same reading as my drops. So have my readings been wrong, this long?
I was reffering to the liquid pH solution in the sample viel. Not ordinary litmus paper.
If you had better luck with the liquid pH soultion method-who am I to say otherwise.
I can only say that i found it difficult to get good readings from my murky runoff and the cloudy fert soulitions I used to use.
I like what I am using now so far.
As far as being wrong - its all good. As long as you are in the pH ballpark.
minds_I
If you had better luck with the liquid pH soultion method-who am I to say otherwise.
I can only say that i found it difficult to get good readings from my murky runoff and the cloudy fert soulitions I used to use.
I like what I am using now so far.
As far as being wrong - its all good. As long as you are in the pH ballpark.
minds_I
