TheFertilizer
Well-Known Member
Y'know I've been doing this for a while now without a real good pH meter. I started out using the GH drops, and then I found some cheap digital ones. Problem is after a while they stop reading consistently even if you re-calibrate them. The drops are just so annoying to try to get the colors matched up right, and there's not a lot of resolution. You can't really control very well between 5, 6 and 6.5. Like 5.8 is some kind of very light/yellowish tone that's not even on the bottle. Ain't nobody got time for that.
Well so anyway I think having done this for a few years it's finally time to make an investment on this. I know Blue Labs are pretty much the top dog name, but I don't know if I want to make THAT much of an investment you know? I'm sure there's probably some other reputable meter out there for half the cost or something like that. I could look up brand names I'm sure.
Anyway I'm going to start playing around with hempy coco soon, so I don't want the lack of pH control to taint my opinion on it. I'm tired of inaccurate meters I can't trust. With soil I figured, "eh well it's gonna be buffered anyway" but I don't think I'll get that lee-way now.
So yeah, Blue Labs or something cheaper?
Well so anyway I think having done this for a few years it's finally time to make an investment on this. I know Blue Labs are pretty much the top dog name, but I don't know if I want to make THAT much of an investment you know? I'm sure there's probably some other reputable meter out there for half the cost or something like that. I could look up brand names I'm sure.
Anyway I'm going to start playing around with hempy coco soon, so I don't want the lack of pH control to taint my opinion on it. I'm tired of inaccurate meters I can't trust. With soil I figured, "eh well it's gonna be buffered anyway" but I don't think I'll get that lee-way now.
So yeah, Blue Labs or something cheaper?