Soil ph tester

[valtraman]

Any recommendations on buying a soil ph tester?

 

[YELROM]

We got a soil pH testing kit off @Mounty

BDH Style & Lightweight Soil pH Testing Kits | Keith Mount Liming

We provide both professional and lightweight soil pH testing kits for Norfolk & East Anglia. Perfect for a range of projects, tasks & in-field testing.

www.mountliming.co.uk

 

[Clive]

Any recommendations on buying a soil ph tester?

decent selection on Farm Marketplace from Martin Lishman and Keith Mount @Mounty

Search results

www.marketplace.farm

 

[Zebbedee]

We got a soil pH testing kit off @Mounty

BDH Style & Lightweight Soil pH Testing Kits | Keith Mount Liming

We provide both professional and lightweight soil pH testing kits for Norfolk & East Anglia. Perfect for a range of projects, tasks & in-field testing.

www.mountliming.co.uk

How long does it take to do a sample roughly?

 

[Zebbedee]

Anyone try the probe type? Look too easy? Do they work??

 

[Cab-over Pete]

I’ve tried several electronic pH probe testers ranging in price from £30 to over £200.

They have all been rubbish. Problems from variable pH readings to not working at all for no apparent reason.

Use the test tube kit from @Mounty can’t go wrong. Unless you’re colour blind.

 

[Brisel]

What are the limitations of universal indicator? IIRC it's shelf life and iron rich soils.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Shelf life goes into next year and I don’t recall any problems with soil types.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Any recommendations on buying a soil ph tester?

What did you get in the end
@valtraman

 

[DaveGrohl]

I’ve tried several electronic pH probe testers ranging in price from £30 to over £200.

They have all been rubbish. Problems from variable pH readings to not working at all for no apparent reason.

Use the test tube kit from @Mounty can’t go wrong. Unless you’re colour blind.

There was a thread on here a while ago about probe types. I thought you'd recommended one or have I remembered that wrongly? May have been someone else of course but there were some reasonably positive things said about a couple of makes from more than one poster.

 

[vantage]

There was a thread on here a while ago about probe types. I thought you'd recommended one or have I remembered that wrongly? May have been someone else of course but there were some reasonably positive things said about a couple of makes from more than one poster.

Soil stik was one if I recall correctly. Interested in one myself.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Soil stik was one if I recall correctly. Interested in one myself.

I bought a cheap one on Amazon. Not that make , 3rd time I used it the end broke off , was so excited when it came [emoji25]

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Soil stik was one if I recall correctly. Interested in one myself.

This i think

 

[vantage]

I bought a cheap one on Amazon. Not that make , 3rd time I used it the end broke off , was so excited when it came [emoji25]

TBF the Soil Stik does look a decent bit of kit.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

TBF the Soil Stik does look a decent bit of kit.

We need to know if they work though ?

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Yes, I do have a SoilStik to be fair, and it’s ok, seems to tally reasonably well with the BDH method.
However, the very end is fragile, which broke easily on mine, and the replacement was £70 or something daft.

 

[Grassman]

I would certainly buy a simple probe type if it works. And would probably use a lot more lime.

 

[vantage]

Compelling evidence.

 

[valtraman]

What did you get in the end
@valtraman

I didn’t buy one

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Yes, I do have a SoilStik to be fair, and it’s ok, seems to tally reasonably well with the BDH method.
However, the very end is fragile, which broke easily on mine, and the replacement was £70 or something daft.

Morning Pete, which model is it, there is a good few of those ?