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 Chopin
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 Testing PH 
#534024 - 03/06/11 08:02 PM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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I'm new to the scientific side of horticulture. What are the best, and preferably most cost effective, ways to test the PH of your soil?
What about if your growing in a soil-less or nearly soil-less medium. What about testing the PH of the water that you give them? Would that be the case in a soil-less grow? If so how do you test the PH of the water?
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 Re: Testing PH [Re: Chopin]
#534026 - 03/06/11 08:06 PM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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you can buy a ph kit. iyou put some special drops in and it turns color to indicate the ph. although i highly reccommend a meter instead. its tough to compare to the chart and often times the meters are combination meters that tell you a plethora of information. they are priced at all different ranges but you probably get what you pay for.
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 Re: Testing PH [Re: Chopin] 1
#534029 - 03/06/11 08:17 PM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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pH drops are the cheapest and with a little work are not hard to read.
Pens are nice. Take the guessing out. My $70 Milwaukee was a price of shit. Got so you need to recalibrate it for each reading and then could not always be trusted.
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Chopin
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Re: Testing PH [Re: KaptKid]
#534040 - 03/06/11 08:34 PM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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Hmm. Continue with the idea's please. I'm just starting to get a feel for it. I have an old meter around somewhere that indicates a variety of things. But i'm not sure how well it works.
Could you get pH drops or strips or some other testing method at a local hardware store?
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Re: Testing PH [Re: Chopin]
#534042 - 03/06/11 08:36 PM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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I get my kits at the pet shop in the aquarium section ^_^
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Re: Testing PH [Re: Data]
#534043 - 03/06/11 08:40 PM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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That sounds like a good idea. Rough idea for prices? I know it will vary place to place.
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Re: Testing PH [Re: Chopin]
#534046 - 03/06/11 08:42 PM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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google is your friend 
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Re: Testing PH [Re: Data]
#534049 - 03/06/11 08:43 PM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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I prefer knowledge from people man. A library with 10 million books would never be able to do the same thing that a mentor can.
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Re: Testing PH [Re: Chopin]
#534051 - 03/06/11 08:48 PM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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yea but for prices on something that common:
experience =< solid info 
anyway...i got my cheap kit for about 8 USD
expect 70+ dollars for a monitor worth anything
test strips run anywhere from 5-15 dollars...usually depending on how many strips per pack and what all they test for
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Re: Testing PH [Re: Chopin]
#534052 - 03/06/11 08:49 PM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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Drops range from 5 to 10 dallors.
Stay away from walmart pool drops. Not a very wide range of pH.They will do if thats all you can find.
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Re: Testing PH [Re: KaptKid]
#534059 - 03/06/11 09:04 PM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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RasJeph
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Re: Testing PH [Re: Chopin]
#534190 - 03/07/11 06:35 AM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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If you're going the drops route, look out for the "pH control kit". Thats what I bought for $15...it came with drops and a bottle of pH up and pH down...you're gonna wanna adjust it, I promise.
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Re: Testing PH [Re: RasJeph]
#534207 - 03/07/11 09:08 AM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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Ok. And will these kits work for soil and water? Will water with fert in it have a different pH?
Sorry i'm all full of questions. I've always loved plants. But it's mainly just been a little outdoor hobby. Dropping some veggies in the ground and watching them grow. This is the first chance i've had to grow this plant that i love in an environment where i can actually care for it.
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