New Grower pH tester meter

[The Medicine Man]

pH Pen

TDS Meter

 

[Muddy]

The best soil meter I've seen is the Control Wizard Accurate 8. Cheapest I've seen them as been around $45.

 

[realcarlos]

Thanks organic. Muddy is there a difference between soil ph and hydro ph?

 

[Jackal]

Soil testers test your soil/soiless. Pens test your water/nutes.

 

[realcarlos]

Thanks Jackal

 

[Muddy]

If you're growing in soil or soil less, you almost need both. One to test the soil and the other for your nutrients. Unfortunately, a soil meter doesn't work well in liquid and vice versa.

 

[realcarlos]

Thanks Muddy. This gets expensive. It will be most likely for hydro. To ph the water. So in that case would I only need one?

 

[spelsylver]

I invested in the hanna combo ph/ppm meter. Set me back almost $200 but it has been the 1 thing I rely on the most for my hydro grow...and I've seen them a little cheaper on ebay now you just have to look

I use it almost daily, its accurate and easy to use and waterproof. I can check the ph and ppms and water temp all in one shot. You could also use it for soil grow by checking the run off water I suppose to save the hassal of having to buy 2 seperate meters.

Good luck picking "the one"

the love you withold is the pain that you carry

 

[realcarlos]

$200 is a bit too much for me at the moment Thanks for the input spel

 

[roadsidevendor1]

most of this came with my setup so i cant quote price but the little bottles of drops are only a few dollars at pet departments in wal-mart
the rapidtest soil meter is cheap but not very accurate...leave it stuck in the soil a full 15 minutes for a pretty close reading
the tri-meter (blue thing with wires) tests the water i feed with for ph,ec and temp
the meter stuck in the cup of soil is about $50 and works great,a control wizard accurate 8