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Cheapest good one I found is Bluelab pH pen.
PH questions
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Bhizzle28x
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do you have any recommendations for soil ones?
Bhizzle28x
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how much? And where’d you buy it?
PadawanWarrior
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This will work better than most cheap shit. I was given a couple of these kits a few years ago at a local hydro store. Still have most of the second kit. Pool and spa pH kits are basically the same too.
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PadawanWarrior
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Actual soil pens aren't cheap. I have the BlueLab soil pen and it was like $150. I ordered from Growers House because I don't like buying grow supplies off Amazon. People use shit and send it back all the time and they'll just resell it as new. Fuck that shit. I don't need anyone else's bugs or fungus.
Damn almost forgot to post the link, lol.
Bluelab Soil pH Pen direct from Growers House
This item has been discontinued, Please try our selection of pH, TDS, EC, PPM for an alternative.
growershouse.com
Bhizzle28x
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To use you just add the soil to the bottle I assume and add the droplets?
Bhizzle28x
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facts, so with the solution you sent for recommendations I can use that for soil or you say just try to get a soil ph meter? Didn’t know there were differences between water and soil meters. When I was ordering all my stuff to start cultivating; someone said that the one worked well so that’s why I got it. Wasn’t informed on soil and water ph meters.Actual soil pens aren't cheap. I have the BlueLab soil pen and it was like $150. I ordered from Growers House because I don't like buying grow supplies off Amazon. People use shit and send it back all the time and they'll just resell it as new. Fuck that shit. I don't need anyone else's bugs or fungus.
Damn almost forgot to post the link, lol.
Bluelab Soil pH Pen direct from Growers House
This item has been discontinued, Please try our selection of pH, TDS, EC, PPM for an alternative.
PadawanWarrior
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To do a slurry test you put soil in a mason jar or something and add distilled water. Mix really good and let it sit for a bit, continuing to mix it up occasionally. Then suck out some water with a pipet or something and put it in the tester and add the drops. It will give you an idea of the pH. Not as accurate as an actual soil pen or probe though.
PadawanWarrior
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If that yellow pH pen you're getting is calibrated you could use that instead of the drops.
DoubleAtotheRON
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I've been down this road a number of times with a number of ph probes. This is the only one that will tell you exactly what's going on in your root zone. Slurry tests proved to be inaccurate. I know its expensive, but it's sure saved me some headache, and profit that I would have lost out on.
https://aperainst.com/apera-instruments-ai3211-ph8500-sl-portable-ph-meter-tester-for-soil-direct-measurement-equipped-with-labsen-553-electrode-plastic-lead-free-glass
https://aperainst.com/apera-instruments-ai3211-ph8500-sl-portable-ph-meter-tester-for-soil-direct-measurement-equipped-with-labsen-553-electrode-plastic-lead-free-glass
PadawanWarrior
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This was a great thread. And when I realized how amazing your grow op is. That Apera is a sexy beast. I only have the BlueLab soil pen.
Medium pH Correction (Soil and Coco)
Checking and adjusting the pH of your root zone in soil or coco is a very important part of growing healthy plants. Often you will notice nutrient deficiencies despite the fact you know you have provided an ample feed at an appropriate pH level. When this happens it’s generally either...
www.rollitup.org
DoubleAtotheRON
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Forgot to mention this... But this meter will measure liquid ph, and well as a direct soil probe. If my plants are reading 6.1 on the dry cycle, I know I need to PH my mix to around 7.1-7.3 for it to buffer the soil at ~6.6-6.8 range. I've even had to do hard corrections as far as 11.5 ph to correct 5.1 soil. I've done it to hundreds of plants, and it does work, even tho it sounds extreme. I had posted a thread about this a while back...
Hard PH corrections
As some of you have heard, the method I use to correct a crashing PH in soil seems harsh, but it works. Here’s a sick plant I had with a ph of 5.1 I fed/flushed her with 10.8 ph mix with 2 times the volume of the pot. This is a few days later, and soil has buffered to 6.5 Not perfectly healed...
www.rollitup.org
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DoubleAtotheRON
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Yessir!.. that was a great thread by the man himself!.... and it's true that as your soil dries, your PH starts crashing. I've witnessed it a thousand times..... sure miss that dudes knowledge. He taught me more about growing than anyone.
DoubleAtotheRON
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... and I get it that most home growers won't spend that much money on a tool, but if you got the budget for it, it's totally worth it.
PadawanWarrior
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He's gotten into that new Star Trek game and he's hooked, lol. You know what I'm talking about. I'm tempted to start playing so I can maybe beat him at something, lol.
Oh and football season is almost here so I'm gonna make sure to give him plenty of shit if our Broncos ever beat the damn Chiefs.
Fishloaf
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I bought the cheap yellow milwaukee ph pen. I also have a digital HM ph pen. I buy the blue labs 7.0 buffering solution. I put both pens in a small shot glass of blue labs 7.0 buffering solution for storage so they stay wet IN the solution. About an inch up from the bottom.
The probes stay wet, and semi accurate. You can see an adjust the ph meter everytime you turn it on. They stay accurate up to about a month chilling in the solution.
The probes stay wet, and semi accurate. You can see an adjust the ph meter everytime you turn it on. They stay accurate up to about a month chilling in the solution.
PadawanWarrior
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You can make your own storage solution cheap. It's just KCl (potassium chloride) and distilled water. I learned that from master Ren too.
Fishloaf
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I'll check into that. Thanks