PH meter?

cranker

Legal Moderator, Esq.
Pool stores usually have them. Look into a quality one, don't skimp on the ph meter, that thing is really important.
 

ak.fortyseven

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I prefer the test drops myself, no calibration needed, very dependable IMO. The biggest arguement you will here about drops is that its hard for allot of pepole to trust themselves reading the result.
 

Jack Harer

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It's a Milwaukee, and it's the first meter I bought. I got it at an Aquarium store for $40. It was accurate. Get yourself some calibration solution (7.0) and calibrate it every so often. Keep the electrode wet with distilled water. Read out is a bit small, and it's a bit hard to calibrate because of where the little screw is located.
For the price, it's a great first meter. You'll eventually get something better, but for now......................
 

Stride

Active Member
I read on here the soil PH meters were useless because they were so inaccurate. So this is a good first meter or if there is another suggestion you guys have let me know. The pool store is a good idea ill check that out too.
 

ak.fortyseven

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Its just my approach to things, don't get me wrong having electronic gadgets is fun. I just prefer simple and reliable. Its easy to test run-off of oyur soils w/ papers.
 

DrFever

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a good ph meter is 50 percent of your sucsessful grow in my opinion also a good EC meter / ppm comes in handy
 

cranker

Legal Moderator, Esq.
I read on here the soil PH meters were useless because they were so inaccurate. So this is a good first meter or if there is another suggestion you guys have let me know. The pool store is a good idea ill check that out too.
Soil is completely useless. I paid $100ish for my soil ph meter and I could taste the dirt and get a better idea of the ph
 

prep1801

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I bought the cheapest ph meter at my local hydro store... it was by milwaukee and was about 70 bucks... and it sucked. I returned it 3 times. The 4th time, I exchanged it and paid 40 bucks more for a top of the line meter by eutech... everything is automatic. The one you have in the link looks like junk. Make sure you get a meter that test your solution and not your soil. I had so many problems starting out. Everything was fixed by buying a ph meter and adjusting the ph.
 

panhead

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Im not big on looking up links but here is the name of THE ONLY HAND HELD units i will use anymore,its the Hanna Growcheck,its a rather large unit compared to most,shaped round like a hockey puck & about the same size,it has a 12 inch hard plastic dip stick attached that you can even stir up the rez with if you wish.

The led screen is real large & well lit so its easy to read ,its a single point calibration model that is the easiest i have ever used,most meters you need to enter the menue then follow a series of prompts to calibrate,some will say its no big deal but to me fumbeling round with shit suks so i hate doing it,anyways to calibrate the grow check you just turn it on & stick the probe in the solution of 7.0 or 4.0 ots your choice,if the reading dont read the 7.0 you used you just turn a knob up or down until the meter reads what its supposed to,the calibrate knob is pretty large too,bigger than a pencil erasor,maybe about the size of a womans finger tip.

Another ass kickin feature is the battery it uses,it runs on a tripple a battery,the unit is water tight & built for rough use,it can be left in the rez at all timez so all you have to do is turn it on & read.

HANNA GROWCHECK,look it up.
 

Jack Harer

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I totally disagree that pH monitoring is useless i soil. While it certainly isn't nearly as critical as it is in Hydro, knowing the pH is STILL important. And I can't help but think the knowing the ppms of your run off is valuable info as well, I just haven't figured out how that data could be applied.
True enough that pH doesn't drift in organic soil (under most conditions), but if you are using chemical nutes, you can see and correct a shift before it gets to "critical mass".
 

DrFever

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exactly i use my ppm when checking runoff seeing how much salt build ups are or how much plant is actually taking etc
you know it jack ppm is good on both ends of your medium :))

as well a ph meter is needed in soil defiently when making making your food i found in veg with all buffers in nutes my ph drops and in flower it climbs so maintaining ph is only goin to help you when a problem should arise :))
 

Jack Harer

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Dude, I never thought about that. See!! I KNEW there was a reason ppms could be important in soil!! I don't get the salts built up in organics, but thats good info!!!
 

max316420

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HM digital meters are the shit, I have had many ph meters and by far this is the best one I have owned
 

DrFever

New Member
Dude, I never thought about that. See!! I KNEW there was a reason ppms could be important in soil!! I don't get the salts built up in organics, but thats good info!!!
well jack i can tell you a story on my last grow plants were green an flowering but seemed to actually stop growing after 2 weeks my medium was still wet i thought
wtf goin to flush and i did i made 6.8 ph water and started to flush low and behold my return ph was 5.8 and ppm over 2000
so kept flushing till i got readings in the 900's and ph in check plants took off few days later i locked plant right up
so even having a ppm i could record my ppm on runoff and also i might add when ppl say use 3 times your pot volume for flushing is incorrect really your just guessing but with ppm there know guessing keep flushing till you get ppm where you want it :)) also with having a decent ph / ppm meter you just took to major possible issues out of the equation and moving into the right direction in growing and keeping it green till harvest :))
 

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