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[Cart3r249]

Yes. If only to make sure you aren't in the extreme ends of the range. I know @BII has mentioned that good living soil doesn't need much adjustment for water. However, getting a meter and knowing what you are giving is important. If your tap water is good, less than 200ppm, and a pH in the 6-7 range you probably won't need to change much.

However, if you mix a couple nutrients in and the pH drops to like 4.5 you would most likely want to adjust it.

Cheap pH meters are fine, you have to calibrate them more often. Cheap is the $10-15 range. Good ones can be had for $50-60 and up.

pH pen
calibration fluid
storage fluid

An EC or PPM pen is also handy.

Good luck mang.

Yes. If only to make sure you aren't in the extreme ends of the range. I know @BII has mentioned that good living soil doesn't need much adjustment for water. However, getting a meter and knowing what you are giving is important. If your tap water is good, less than 200ppm, and a pH in the 6-7 range you probably won't need to change much.

However, if you mix a couple nutrients in and the pH drops to like 4.5 you would most likely want to adjust it.

Cheap pH meters are fine, you have to calibrate them more often. Cheap is the $10-15 range. Good ones can be had for $50-60 and up.

pH pen
calibration fluid
storage fluid

An EC or PPM pen is also handy.

Good luck mang.

So how do i go about testing the ph of my soil mix? Just mix it up with water then test the water?

 

[Entombed]

No just pH the water you are giving your plant.

 

[BII]

So how do i go about testing the ph of my soil mix? Just mix it up with water then test the water?

You don't really know the pH of the soil mix. It's hard to test soil pH other than with instruments designed for in-soil measurement. Measuring runoff isn't reliable, but can show problems. You have no choice but to put your trust in the soil you bought and that you didn't overdose any of the amendments.

What matters is the pH of the soil's aqueous phase, the water collectively held within, on the surface and between the soil's diverse mix of particles. As has been noted, you can to some extent control soil water phase pH by watering/feeding at your targeted pH.