Testing soil PH in soil beds

[ReactiveLlama]

Hi,

I am planning on growing in soil but instead of individual containers I plan on using one large bed of soil. This leaves me with no idea how to test my soil's ph since all the methods I have read so far require the testing of the run-off.

Any tips/idea's?

Thanks!

 

[rc51sport]

home depot has soil ph meters w/ probes u stick right into the soil for under 20$

 

[Damagoman]

Ferry-Morse brand, electric soil tester, at my HomeDepot.
Works good and even does "Fertilizer Analysis"

 

[McBudz]

scoop out a sample gallon or 2 of soil. put in a bucket with drain holes. Apply enough nute solution that you would be using during veg and run throught he soil.collect and test runoff with dig pH meter. When going to bloom do the same test with your bloom nutes.


Indoor with soil bed? Still need to have drainage for the bed right? Collect that runoff and test as per usual. You do need drainage and you will probably not want it draining on your floor so drain and collect for disposal and test that runoff periodically.

 

[rc51sport]

Ferry-Morse brand, electric soil tester, at my HomeDepot.
Works good and even does "Fertilizer Analysis"

thats the one i have, any idea how accurate it is?

 

[Damagoman]

thats the one i have, any idea how accurate it is?

The ph or the fert?

I don't have any way to check it.

It can tell sand from compost on the Fert setting.