I just got a fancy expensive EC meter. It's a rapitest 4 in 1 tester which checks PH, Fertility (salts is you want to sound techy and confusing), Moisture and even light level. According to my PH test drops and after flushing the meter is saying exactly what it "seems" like it should be.

Meter on Epay:
GARDEN SOIL PLANT TESTER pH NPK LIGHT MOISTURE 4 in 1 - eBay (item 150405186937 end time Feb-12-10 13:22:25 PST)

I've been doing Dr. Mengela experiments on a few test subject plants and sure enough the "fert +" subject is reading high fertility and high PH and my "fert -" is reading low ferts and normal PH. The meter obviously works!

So be known, the purists will call you a second class citizen for using the $15 4 in 1 three probe meter so I say let 'em. I 'aint payin' no $250 meter that this meter and the plants can tell me almost as well. This along with what your plants are telling you is all you need. Don't believe the hype.

Oc.

P.s. I'm going to have some pic of plants the group will need to identity so I'll post pix as soon as I'm considered worthy by the powers that be....
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