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["ROBERT W JUDY A HARTMAN" <hartmansfruit@msn.com>]

I have been reading all these messages slamming the pH testers.  I use a pH tester (and I didn't buy the cheapest one on the shelf).  It has tested differently in different soil conditions.  I treat it like I would any other home testing device (bathroom scales, blood pressure device, etc.).  It is just an indicator.  Another thing you have to keep in mind is that you don't just grab it and stick it in the soil medium.  You have to make sure it has a good moisture consistency and that the prongs have been cleaned properly.  The prongs will get a build up on them that will cause the reading to not be correct.

 

Bob

----- Original Message -----

From: Ginda Fisher

To: North American Fruit Explorers

Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 9:18 AM

Subject: Re: [NAFEX] soil tester

Funny, I had exactly the same experience, except I threw mine out after it
read the pH of vinegar at 7.0.  I didn't bother testing it with quicklime.
___
Ginda

...... Original Message .......
On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 08:47:53 -0600 "Donna &/or Kieran"
<holycow@cookeville.com> wrote:
>I once bought one of those pH test gadgets.  It read the same no matter
where I stuck it in the ground.  Then I stuck it in pure vinegar, and it
read the same.   I stuck it in some quicklime mixed with water, and it read
the same. Then I threw it away.   Donna

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