How to correctly measure soil pH with pen?

[MrRudeSnowman]

hi boys & girls,

I have ad12 ph measuring stick from adwa, a quite popular choice among growers it seems.

how do one properly use it to measure soil PH? just stick it in and wait?

it seems that no matter what soil i test it comes back as very alkaline.

 

[jhfhklsnhfldk]

I am not sure what type of device that is, but if it is the probe type that you stick into the soil and check ph, temp, and water, they never worked for me.
Your best method will probably be to water to run off, collect the run off and test that.