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I watered/feed today. Went through the process the same was I was with the pH/light/Moisture tester (el-cheapo).
Used bout half the pH down I usually did to get the nute water down to 6.
Also, my run off read 5.8, not 7+ like usual.
I think I've been forcing my pH down too low due to unreliable readings from the el-cheapo
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My pen got all whacked out of calibration, so I wound up forcing my PH WAY down, :(
Make sure you get buffers and calibrate often! ;)
:D That's my next planed purchaseQuote:
Originally Posted by canniwhatsis
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I just bought a Hanna Champ a few weeks back and got one pouch of 7pH water and I cannot get it to calibrate.
Your not the only one here who has had probs with the brand of pH tester...Quote:
Originally Posted by Hempsouth
IDK if its brand-wide or just a model or two though...
The shop I bought it from said 1 of 10 come back, the higher priced hanna meters are known to be very good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slevinkal
1 in 10?
Thats not very good odds.
IDK bout the higher priced units, never used or heard of em myself so I cant be very biased either way bout em.
Thanks man, the one i had was a Hanna pen i think, but not high priced one. Im looking to pay around $100.00 or so, but thats gotta be as high as im going. Il bet the dropper old school test kit would give best reading, but just a guess. Maybe il get one and see what the difference would be if any:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hempsouth
Peace:rasta:
You should be able to pick up a pretty nice unit for that c-note you're willing to spend. I got a cheaper model from a good manu but wasn't willing to spend that much.Quote:
Originally Posted by LetsSeeYa
I've read a bit bout the dropper kits, lots like em and lots don't some say it's pretty hard to read the color properly when testing run-off, that's the main con I've read.
Cool, If you're willing to run two diff types of pH equip against one another I'd be great info to know, give us a heads up if you do :thumbsup:
Well i paid $90.00 for an Oakton and got some Ph up and down. But he cut the total price to $90.00. The up and down was $10.00 so he gave me the pen for only $70.00 and its water proof.
Here is the problem, i can not find and answer to. Hey this sounds really dumb to me, but i just dont understand. Ok, so the pen did not come with a buffer and said it was already calibrated, but to what? Does not say:wtf:. And i guess i cant grasp the fact that you adjust the Ph to a 4.0 or 7.0, shouldn't it be at zero? This i dont get:wtf:.
In the instructions the number one thing it tells me to do is this?
-Select Ph 7.0 buffer for genral testing, Ph 4.0 for acidic and Ph 10.00 for alkaline samples. -I have 4.0 that iv misplaced around here some place. I have been trying my best to get everything i will need and im almost there. But i just can not understand the Ph thing. I know id need to keep a Ph close to 6.8 as this will give max uptake of all available nutes i give as well as micros in the soil. right?
But if i cant understand how to and why the Ph on the pen isn't to be at zero, well then iv bought all this stuff for nothing as il end up with a messed up Ph all the time. I posted some readings in the ''plant problem'' section and my NL plant reads 7.5. Now the plant was watered and run off was 7.6 so we checked the nutes, which were 6.5. So i thought this would bring down the Ph of the plant more then .1, im not getting it. My tap water is 7.2.
Any help would be great, im clueless and losing my freaking mind:(
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