I have done this for more than 20 years with houseplants and 10 years with gardening. I have preached this to home gardeners till my head blew steam. No one listen and than they wonder why certain plants don't do well. It works, simple put. I have a video I will release soon about the same thing again since my channel is a restart from being hacked .
@@epicgardening Not a problem brotha, Can't keep a true self sustainable, self sufficient gardener down. We have things to teach others about in the garden. And it ain't all about eating either. Stay cool brotha.
Easiest way... get a gallon of distilled water and a pool ph test kit... put some distilled water in a glass... add some dirt you want to test... stir it up really good... let it set a few minutes... draw of some of the water into the pool test device and follow its instructions... if your solution is too cloudy run it through a coffee filter before you test it... cheap, easy, and accurate...
You have to take out the protons (H+/acid) and hydroxyl anions (OH-/base) from the water, so it's neutral (good ol' H2O can spontaneously dissociate under normal conditions giving some parts acid {H+} and some parts base {OH-}). That means distilled/deionized water is best. Otherwise, you're also measuring the water's pH. The quickest amendment to raise the pH (make it more alkaline/basic) is to add limestone, a carbonate compound (similar to the bicarbonate in your blood which works as a buffer to keep your pH fairly constant). The carbonate picks up all the acid (H+) and binds it, so it's inactive. Likewise, the quickest way to lower the soil pH (make it more acidic) is to add sulfur compounds. The bacteria in healthy soil will oxidize the sulfur and form sulfuric acid (H2SO4), which readily gives up an H+ to make the soil acidic.
I just want to say, I've been watching for awhile, since you had raised beds in this house, but I don't think I ever went back THIS far. (2021 right now.) It's crazy to see the "you" then, and the "you" now..... let alone learning what your yard looked like before you had added all the raised beds in your previous home. You've come a long way and I'm happy for you! :) I also have a new appreciation (I always appreciated how hard it was to garden,) BUT a NEW appreciation as I'm adding 11 new beds this year and man, is it hard work. I can't wait till they are established, next year will be minimal work compared to this year. Thanks for all your hard work in not only gardening for the earth, but videos for everyone! :)
I am a new gardener. But it makes more sense to me to test your soil with the water you will be using to water your garden. The ph of the water you're using is as important as a ph of your soil. So why not test them together?
We need to check without water in the spild because, when a certain pH is recommended, they have recommended it after testing it on soil without water..
My tapwater was way too alkaline and made the soil alkaline so then I added some fish fertilizer which made it super acidic really fast and then it to counteract that I added baking soda and got It exactly to 6.5.They say you can use vinegar to make it more acidic or lemon but also if you need to add fertilizer you should see what that does to the pH before you start adding things and it doesn’t really need (that was my thinking anyway you’re a better gardener than I am)
The capsules lose effectiveness after 12-18 months, so use all 10 capsules pretty quickly. (Who knows how long the kit was on store shelf and there is no exp date on package.) I assumed I could just save them and use the test capsules over several years. Nope.
@@AlessioSangalli The company customer service rep at Lusterleaf did. I inquired because I kept capsules for years. A lady named Peg at Lusterleaf replied to me. Had to throw them away. 😔
@@dianed4190 interesting I did not know that. Did they explain why they don't put an expiration date on the kit? I am not sure I want to buy this kit any longer if I just have no way to figure out if it's still good or not.
@@AlessioSangalli I did not ask her why the product has no date, but it certainly should have one since it does lose effectiveness. Seems like a no brainer. Go figure!
Could be just the differences in lighting, including my monitor but I see a movement of color on the squares to a very clear red, moving to brown and then moving to green. The water looks light green. I would say that's more like a PH level between 6.5 and 7.
Nicely done. To avoid wind noise with a mic use a wind muffler or a "dead cat" as it is often called. After seeing your video I bought a kit using the link you provided.
That's why its easiest to balance your water source instead ie: 100L rain water drumb that is used to water your plants. Then, creating your soils each spring is much less complicated. Nutrient rich liquids that flow through and drain somewhat past your roots and run off leaving behind just enough balanced moisture held in your grow medium.(soil) God bless!!
If you adjust the pH by adding lime or sulphate, etc., and you get it right, and then plant all your shrubs, does the soil eventually go back to it's natural pH? Do you have to add treatment every year, and will that burn your established plants?
This is a great test. So far, it has been easy to do. There are four tests total. I had 8 different places I wanted to test. To keep things organized, I drew a map of my garden area and divided it up in the sections I wanted to test. Then I labeled the sections A,B,C,D and so on.
I guess it will depend on the background light source. Right now it looks 6.0 - 6.5(inside picture on your table) but in the video looks like 5.5 to 6.0.
Yes, your tap water should be close to 7 if not ph down or ph up is really cheap and you only needs drops per gallon to get to 7(neutral). Make sure to let tap water settle at least 24 hrs to let chlorine evaporate out.
Plants are often pretty adaptive to different pH levels, but the pH can inactivate some plants' ability to take up nutrients. Proteins, like those found in the plant's rhizosphere, tend to have a negative charge, and acid (H+) has a positive charge. So when opposites attract, the acid can actually stop a protein/enzyme from working correctly. This can interfere with the growth and productivity of a plant. Many plants can live in suboptimal pH conditions, but they might not thrive. A typical example is having a plant show signs of chlorosis, an iron metabolism disorder that shows up with dark green veins surrounded by yellow in the leaves. Most people keep adding a lot of iron to the soil as they try to fix the iron issue, sometimes to the point of becoming toxic to the plant. Instead, the iron levels in the ground might not be the problem. In reality, the soil could be too alkaline, and that causes the iron to clump up and be inaccessible to the plant. It's there, but they just can't use it. So adjusting the pH and making the soil more acidic could help make the iron more soluble and thus more accessible to the plant. You can't tell what the pH is just by looking at the soil either. There are too many things that can change the soil pH (e.g., bacteria, soil composition, sunlight) so getting it tested really helps you understand what you're working with.
Even reading the directions at the end of your video, I still have NO IDEA how much to add. The chart (for me) is very confusing! Thanks for the video.
..the Actual directions using the 'Luster Leaf' RapiTest Soil pH Test Kit (Kit #1601, used here) can be found on their WebSite ---> www.lusterleaf.com/img/instruction/1601-soiltestkit_instructions.pdf
I would personally use hydrated lime - Calcium hydroxide. (Re-hydrated quick lime - calcium oxide created by heating limestone to approx 900 degrees centigrade.) Its a tried and true process that has been used for centuries on acidic farmland. Quick lime used to be applied directly to the field to re-hydrate naturally since the chemical reaction with water changing it into calcium hydroxide produces an intense amount of heat energy that can cause combustible materials to burst into flame. These days it can be re-hydrated in a safe controlled manner to produce the calcium hydroxide. Both are nasty and can cause chemical burns, especially calcium oxide, as it will react with any moisture, including body sweat.
To me the color of the water doesn't match any on the scale. And I had this same problem when I used a color scale like this to test the ph in my pool. I think I might spring for an electronic tester.
What's with the sunglasses? Just asking. Thank you, now I know why my plants don't do so well. What is sandy loamy soil? That ia what i have and planta seem to struggle or die.
I agree with the 5.8. But, I wonder how your water supply affects this test? I imagine city/well water pH can vary depending on geography. I would try the test with water alone and see if it's different and by how much in what direction.
Wouldn’t you be using that water to water the plants? So wouldn’t the ph of the water actually want to be incorporated as if its hard water it would turn soil alkaline over time
Got to love being colorblind (I'm R,G,B) I was seeing something very yellow / orange closer to 5.5 but I have gotten used to being frequently wrong when it comes to colors. Thanks for the video it helped a lot.Just wondering since I have zero faith in my eyes when it comes to color, can you recommend a good digital PH tester that I can test soil with?
I hear you, I have some trouble with it as well. I use the Bluelab pH Pen for most pH issues: amzn.to/2beFGGI. If that's out of your budget I suppose you could try something like this, though I would bet it's a bit less accurate / reliable: amzn.to/2bFC9k6
That was the direction I wound up going... I started looking at the HM PH-200 www.tdsmeter.com/products/ph200.html but they only seemed to measure liquids, so I got onto eBay and found a couple of cheapies for soil www.ebay.com.au/itm/141738208212 Hoping they are in the ball park of accurate to know how to treat the soil. This is our first go at growing fruit trees so I expect the learning curve to be steep.
Correct me if I'm wrong however I think you may have gone with the logical way of doing this rather than the method in the manual which says to mix the sample with the water, let it sit overnight, and then take a sample from that mix so that way all your soil combines rather than the chance of all the material you use coming from just 1 or 2 of your sample sites (given that you correctly mixed a number of samples in a few different spots throughout the area being measured. I only know all this because I too did it wrong the first time :P
I read use distill water but I check and I found it is acidic. PH around 5 which makes sense considering it is distilled with no minerals inside... Am I accurate?
Yes, that's what many people and I do. Ideally get some distilled water which u should test. Should be 7.0ph. 5:1 water:soil. Shake for a minute and let it settle overnight. Test with strip and measure result against a strip tested the day before with the pure water.
When i heard you say your ph is around 5.8 ish. I knew something was wrong with your eyesight. Your soil to me looks bright green. Which is almost 6.2.
Another simple way to test soil ph Poke holes in a solo cup Add a ounce of soil in cup Run 4 ounces of water through cup of soil Let it dry out a bit for a few minutes Run another 4 ounces of water This time catch the run off and test the run off in a slurry test witg a ph pen like Apera instruments or Blue lab. Apera PH20 sells a complete lab grade tester for 50$ on Amazon. Its an amazingly accurate and professional grade pen.
You got that reading wrong, you're really are slightly color blind, not sure if its your camera picking up a different color and showing us the wrong color from what it really is in reality, but from what I see on the video, clearly the pH is definitely between 6.5 and 6.0. This test method is actually a good way of measuring pH but is also questionable, you can use a photometric device which is called a colorimeter device which can precisely tell you the pH with pinpoint accuracy. This requires you to buy a kit from a company who sells their pH solution and their colorimeter device, such professional companies like "Hana". You can also however DIY make your own colorimeter device using arduino or raspberry pi hooked up with a mini low cost spectrometer sensor (ams AS7261) which does the "looking/watching" of the color of the pH solution with pinpoint accuracy, the benefit of the DIY version is that you get to use your own pH solution rather than a expensive lab grade pH solution and the downside is that it requires a bit of programming and 3D printing some parts as housing and fixtures. This is the very reason why I do not like growing in soil since there is no accurate, consistent and easy way to measure pH of soil as compared to aeroponics/hydroponics. I hope there would be a valid method where an electronic pH probe would be able to accurately measure the pH (not the pH probes with two long chopsticks), like how its done in hydroponics, since it would be more accurate than colorimeters since it does not base results on "colors", which is prone to give false results/outcomes since the soil's properties can hinder the pH color and skew with the pH readings.
What do you feel about these metal dipstick type testers? Are the more or less accurate then the shake style. I want to test my soil. On first glance it looks amazing, has a nice subtle smell and feel and worms galore in it. Not specifically wanting veggies yet, mainly flowers and shrubs with a potential for veggies
I have done this for more than 20 years with houseplants and 10 years with gardening. I have preached this to home gardeners till my head blew steam. No one listen and than they wonder why certain plants don't do well. It works, simple put. I have a video I will release soon about the same thing again since my channel is a restart from being hacked .
Yeah, it's always so smart to know this! So sorry to hear about the hack :(
@@epicgardening Not a problem brotha, Can't keep a true self sustainable, self sufficient gardener down. We have things to teach others about in the garden. And it ain't all about eating either. Stay cool brotha.
Can we redo this video to modern standards? You've come a long way Kevin
Easiest way... get a gallon of distilled water and a pool ph test kit... put some distilled water in a glass... add some dirt you want to test... stir it up really good... let it set a few minutes... draw of some of the water into the pool test device and follow its instructions... if your solution is too cloudy run it through a coffee filter before you test it... cheap, easy, and accurate...
You have to take out the protons (H+/acid) and hydroxyl anions (OH-/base) from the water, so it's neutral (good ol' H2O can spontaneously dissociate under normal conditions giving some parts acid {H+} and some parts base {OH-}). That means distilled/deionized water is best. Otherwise, you're also measuring the water's pH. The quickest amendment to raise the pH (make it more alkaline/basic) is to add limestone, a carbonate compound (similar to the bicarbonate in your blood which works as a buffer to keep your pH fairly constant). The carbonate picks up all the acid (H+) and binds it, so it's inactive. Likewise, the quickest way to lower the soil pH (make it more acidic) is to add sulfur compounds. The bacteria in healthy soil will oxidize the sulfur and form sulfuric acid (H2SO4), which readily gives up an H+ to make the soil acidic.
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@@whatsyurprob158I think he said the water was ph neutral
neutral water pH means that the pH of the soil sample will show as a measurement more toward neutral 7.0 yielding an inaccurate result@@terrowsnap2201
I just want to say, I've been watching for awhile, since you had raised beds in this house, but I don't think I ever went back THIS far. (2021 right now.)
It's crazy to see the "you" then, and the "you" now..... let alone learning what your yard looked like before you had added all the raised beds in your previous home.
You've come a long way and I'm happy for you! :)
I also have a new appreciation (I always appreciated how hard it was to garden,) BUT a NEW appreciation as I'm adding 11 new beds this year and man, is it hard work. I can't wait till they are established, next year will be minimal work compared to this year.
Thanks for all your hard work in not only gardening for the earth, but videos for everyone! :)
I am a new gardener. But it makes more sense to me to test your soil with the water you will be using to water your garden. The ph of the water you're using is as important as a ph of your soil. So why not test them together?
We need to check without water in the spild because, when a certain pH is recommended, they have recommended it after testing it on soil without water..
My tapwater was way too alkaline and made the soil alkaline so then I added some fish fertilizer which made it super acidic really fast and then it to counteract that I added baking soda and got It exactly to 6.5.They say you can use vinegar to make it more acidic or lemon but also if you need to add fertilizer you should see what that does to the pH before you start adding things and it doesn’t really need (that was my thinking anyway you’re a better gardener than I am)
It was more a lime to dirty green color. I think it is 6 - 6.5. It looks like you thought is was orange. Just my take.
I thought the same.
Same - soil looked fine to me
The capsules lose effectiveness after 12-18 months, so use all 10 capsules pretty quickly. (Who knows how long the kit was on store shelf and there is no exp date on package.) I assumed I could just save them and use the test capsules over several years. Nope.
Hi, where did you read or who told you they lose effectiveness?
@@AlessioSangalli The company customer service rep at Lusterleaf did. I inquired because I kept capsules for years. A lady named Peg at Lusterleaf replied to me. Had to throw them away. 😔
@@dianed4190 interesting I did not know that. Did they explain why they don't put an expiration date on the kit? I am not sure I want to buy this kit any longer if I just have no way to figure out if it's still good or not.
@@AlessioSangalli I did not ask her why the product has no date, but it certainly should have one since it does lose effectiveness. Seems like a no brainer. Go figure!
@@dianed4190 yeah I don't think I'm gonna use his kit then, thanks for the tip!!!
how do you get perfectly 7 ph water
What about your water pH? Doesn't it affect the accuracy of the test?
Yes, use distilled water.
Could be just the differences in lighting, including my monitor but I see a movement of color on the squares to a very clear red, moving to brown and then moving to green. The water looks light green. I would say that's more like a PH level between 6.5 and 7.
Need more people so spread this video more
Where do you get those capsules at???
I just got a 3 way Soil tester and don't trust the PH test. I suppose your method is more accurate?
Nicely done. To avoid wind noise with a mic use a wind muffler or a "dead cat" as it is often called. After seeing your video I bought a kit using the link you provided.
Thanks for walking us through the process
The hard part is figuring out the units, pounds per square foot, percentages on the label for fertilizer, and such. That's where my head is spinning.
jamesgang creative & communications same.
That's why its easiest to balance your water source instead ie: 100L rain water drumb that is used to water your plants. Then, creating your soils each spring is much less complicated. Nutrient rich liquids that flow through and drain somewhat past your roots and run off leaving behind just enough balanced moisture held in your grow medium.(soil) God bless!!
Is distilled water pH neutral? Do you have a link to your compacted soil viddy?
distilled water is the most neutral substance you can buy. it's the bar by which all other chemicals are measured by.
What's does the capsule do and what is it called??
4:44 looks like even a gardener like you and I had knowledge of cooking crystal.
If you adjust the pH by adding lime or sulphate, etc., and you get it right, and then plant all your shrubs, does the soil eventually go back to it's natural pH? Do you have to add treatment every year, and will that burn your established plants?
How do you find Ph neutral water?
distilled water
Pls let me know What kind of powder the capsules contain. Thanks
Thank you for the illustration
This is a great test. So far, it has been easy to do. There are four tests total. I had 8 different places I wanted to test. To keep things organized, I drew a map of my garden area and divided it up in the sections I wanted to test. Then I labeled the sections A,B,C,D and so on.
I checked the ph in my aquarium. How do we change the ph of our soil.
Thanks Man ! I must have ADD because I couldn't figure out the direction s !
I also found the instructions really unclear. It's because they also want you to do a control sample to compare the water.
great video, I've been doing it wrong & not letting it settle. Thanks for this great video.
You betcha
The ph of your soil looked the same to me. 5.8 looks right. Thank you for all of your videos
You're welcome! I think it's a little higher after looking again, but will do another test or two to confirm.
I guess it will depend on the background light source. Right now it looks 6.0 - 6.5(inside picture on your table) but in the video looks like 5.5 to 6.0.
I ended up being a bit closer to 6.3 than 5.8. Light source = very important!
Soil ph should be around 6.2 to 6.8
Coco Coir and hydroponics should be 5.5 to .60
can you use the tap water if you test it first and see what is its ph ?
Yes, your tap water should be close to 7 if not ph down or ph up is really cheap and you only needs drops per gallon to get to 7(neutral). Make sure to let tap water settle at least 24 hrs to let chlorine evaporate out.
Hope it helps.
@@420somewhere4 Thanks!
Where I am get this tester kids and capsule neutral water sir 🤗
Wait, how do you know your water's ph?
Is this type of ph test kit readily available
Epic, WHY get rid of the jasmine? 😔
Would you say that testing the soil is the first step? I'm beginning and I think this is an important first step.
Plants are often pretty adaptive to different pH levels, but the pH can inactivate some plants' ability to take up nutrients. Proteins, like those found in the plant's rhizosphere, tend to have a negative charge, and acid (H+) has a positive charge. So when opposites attract, the acid can actually stop a protein/enzyme from working correctly. This can interfere with the growth and productivity of a plant. Many plants can live in suboptimal pH conditions, but they might not thrive.
A typical example is having a plant show signs of chlorosis, an iron metabolism disorder that shows up with dark green veins surrounded by yellow in the leaves. Most people keep adding a lot of iron to the soil as they try to fix the iron issue, sometimes to the point of becoming toxic to the plant. Instead, the iron levels in the ground might not be the problem. In reality, the soil could be too alkaline, and that causes the iron to clump up and be inaccessible to the plant. It's there, but they just can't use it. So adjusting the pH and making the soil more acidic could help make the iron more soluble and thus more accessible to the plant.
You can't tell what the pH is just by looking at the soil either. There are too many things that can change the soil pH (e.g., bacteria, soil composition, sunlight) so getting it tested really helps you understand what you're working with.
@@nived8476 Great explanation. So clear and concise. I understand... thank you...
Even reading the directions at the end of your video, I still have NO IDEA how much to add. The chart (for me) is very confusing! Thanks for the video.
Does the waters pH effect the test results?
Yed
Thank you for posting. I lost the directions to my kit and you were very helpful with your video.
Thanks, glad it helped you!
..the Actual directions using the 'Luster Leaf' RapiTest Soil pH Test Kit (Kit #1601, used here) can be found on their WebSite ---> www.lusterleaf.com/img/instruction/1601-soiltestkit_instructions.pdf
Will this not be messed up by the water ph?
What's there inside capsule
How long did it take for the sample to settle?
Best results would be at least an hour
Won't the ph of the water mess with the soil results?
is it bright in there?
I would personally use hydrated lime - Calcium hydroxide. (Re-hydrated quick lime - calcium oxide created by heating limestone to approx 900 degrees centigrade.) Its a tried and true process that has been used for centuries on acidic farmland. Quick lime used to be applied directly to the field to re-hydrate naturally since the chemical reaction with water changing it into calcium hydroxide produces an intense amount of heat energy that can cause combustible materials to burst into flame. These days it can be re-hydrated in a safe controlled manner to produce the calcium hydroxide. Both are nasty and can cause chemical burns, especially calcium oxide, as it will react with any moisture, including body sweat.
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what in the Capsul?
Lmao “Breaking Bad” 😂 I was thinking same thing.
Thank you for helpful video
To me the color of the water doesn't match any on the scale. And I had this same problem when I used a color scale like this to test the ph in my pool. I think I might spring for an electronic tester.
What's with the sunglasses? Just asking. Thank you, now I know why my plants don't do so well. What is sandy loamy soil? That ia what i have and planta seem to struggle or die.
his plant feature is so bright
Has anyone ever used vinegar or baking soda?
I agree with the 5.8. But, I wonder how your water supply affects this test? I imagine city/well water pH can vary depending on geography. I would try the test with water alone and see if it's different and by how much in what direction.
The directions say to use distilled water for that fact alone.
@@tbranch74 what about reverse osmosis? no?
@@catherineblair550 RO water may or may not be ph-neutral. You could test the water to determine that first; if it's 7.0 you're good to go
Wouldn’t you be using that water to water the plants? So wouldn’t the ph of the water actually want to be incorporated as if its hard water it would turn soil alkaline over time
Distilled water is best for this
Thank you that was very helpful. I couldn't understand the instructions.
looks more light green to me. thinking 6 - 6.5. Do you have your sunglasses on???
Got to love being colorblind (I'm R,G,B) I was seeing something very yellow / orange closer to 5.5 but I have gotten used to being frequently wrong when it comes to colors. Thanks for the video it helped a lot.Just wondering since I have zero faith in my eyes when it comes to color, can you recommend a good digital PH tester that I can test soil with?
I hear you, I have some trouble with it as well. I use the Bluelab pH Pen for most pH issues: amzn.to/2beFGGI. If that's out of your budget I suppose you could try something like this, though I would bet it's a bit less accurate / reliable: amzn.to/2bFC9k6
That was the direction I wound up going... I started looking at the HM PH-200 www.tdsmeter.com/products/ph200.html but they only seemed to measure liquids, so I got onto eBay and found a couple of cheapies for soil www.ebay.com.au/itm/141738208212 Hoping they are in the ball park of accurate to know how to treat the soil. This is our first go at growing fruit trees so I expect the learning curve to be steep.
Best of luck with it Dodgy Brothers and thanks for the links to new meters to test out. Appreciate it.
@@epicgardening That 2nd choice is a POS, and will probably wipe your ph out.
The blulab is the best there is, and extremely accurate. GOOD CHOICE!!!
Love the time lapse music. Such an elevator. Thank you. ❤️
Thank YOU for watching!
how can we check nitrogen content in soil ?
Correct me if I'm wrong however I think you may have gone with the logical way of doing this rather than the method in the manual which says to mix the sample with the water, let it sit overnight, and then take a sample from that mix so that way all your soil combines rather than the chance of all the material you use coming from just 1 or 2 of your sample sites (given that you correctly mixed a number of samples in a few different spots throughout the area being measured. I only know all this because I too did it wrong the first time :P
You are probably talking about something else because your way doesn't make much sense...this is a rapid test..you wouldn't leave overnight
whats in the capsule
Also I don't recommend using tap water use distilled water as it is natural and doesn't have any impurities
How do you know your water is neutral PH of 7?
I read use distill water but I check and I found it is acidic. PH around 5 which makes sense considering it is distilled with no minerals inside... Am I accurate?
You can get pH test strips for that or a pH meter. I have another video on my channel all about it!
To test the ph of the water...Pour your water into the left side channel without soil and add capsule, shake and compare to the left side key.
Questions for the severely colorblind: do black and white movies look different from color movies?
So can I use my ph kit from my aquarium? Use perfect pH water add in test tube with soil, so wouldn't that work?
Yes, that's what many people and I do. Ideally get some distilled water which u should test. Should be 7.0ph. 5:1 water:soil. Shake for a minute and let it settle overnight. Test with strip and measure result against a strip tested the day before with the pure water.
@@firedawg1998 Is that 5:1 by weight or by volume?
Thx man!
You got the color right
Those sunglasses remind me of Blind Gardner youtuber guy.
Why does the wait music have to be so load, other than that good video
What is the capsull or name ?
It's the Rapitest kit
I would say add peat moss and amendment will lower ph to 5 and grow blueberries.
When i heard you say your ph is around 5.8 ish. I knew something was wrong with your eyesight.
Your soil to me looks bright green. Which is almost 6.2.
Music is wicked loud
Yay, you're in SD. *automatically subscribes*. This channel will help heeps!
Hi there! Where in SD are you?
thanks,
Another simple way to test soil ph
Poke holes in a solo cup
Add a ounce of soil in cup
Run 4 ounces of water through cup of soil
Let it dry out a bit for a few minutes
Run another 4 ounces of water
This time catch the run off and test the run off in a slurry test witg a ph pen like Apera instruments or Blue lab.
Apera PH20 sells a complete lab grade tester for 50$ on Amazon.
Its an amazingly accurate and professional grade pen.
That seems pretty acidic for SoCal. Did you use tap water?
I did
@soaringtractor How do you know it's neutral?
Thanks,
You got that reading wrong, you're really are slightly color blind, not sure if its your camera picking up a different color and showing us the wrong color from what it really is in reality, but from what I see on the video, clearly the pH is definitely between 6.5 and 6.0. This test method is actually a good way of measuring pH but is also questionable, you can use a photometric device which is called a colorimeter device which can precisely tell you the pH with pinpoint accuracy. This requires you to buy a kit from a company who sells their pH solution and their colorimeter device, such professional companies like "Hana". You can also however DIY make your own colorimeter device using arduino or raspberry pi hooked up with a mini low cost spectrometer sensor (ams AS7261) which does the "looking/watching" of the color of the pH solution with pinpoint accuracy, the benefit of the DIY version is that you get to use your own pH solution rather than a expensive lab grade pH solution and the downside is that it requires a bit of programming and 3D printing some parts as housing and fixtures.
This is the very reason why I do not like growing in soil since there is no accurate, consistent and easy way to measure pH of soil as compared to aeroponics/hydroponics. I hope there would be a valid method where an electronic pH probe would be able to accurately measure the pH (not the pH probes with two long chopsticks), like how its done in hydroponics, since it would be more accurate than colorimeters since it does not base results on "colors", which is prone to give false results/outcomes since the soil's properties can hinder the pH color and skew with the pH readings.
Shoulda you send the results to a lab!
Thanks for saving my 🥓
Manual
Excellent video. Thanx4sharing, thanx4caring!! A lot more handsome when we can see those eyes 😉
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this guy look like matrix guy with hair
make sure you wash your knees before going uptown in public. People will think your were under the boss's desk. ..
That soil is dry
If people talked LESS, maybe their videos would be more interesting.
First I hop around in the yard! Then I have to go to the races. Then I got to shake a baby up! Just to find out I got acid! Thank you very much
Great 5.8 pH time to grow weed
What's with the sunglasses?
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I love chicken nuggets
jesus dude... we wouldent be here if we dident knew any reasons to worry about ph in soil now would we??
Gotta get the ph right for plants to grow well
Daniel Vilhelmsen that’s not Jesus - dude
What an ignorant statement.
He hopped in his yard! Then he's off to the races! Lmao then he's gonna shake a baby up! Lol then he's got acid! Lol
Thanks!𝕚𝕞 𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒 𝕤𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕓𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕚𝕕𝕓𝕥 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕡𝕤𝕦𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣
What do you feel about these metal dipstick type testers? Are the more or less accurate then the shake style. I want to test my soil. On first glance it looks amazing, has a nice subtle smell and feel and worms galore in it. Not specifically wanting veggies yet, mainly flowers and shrubs with a potential for veggies
So you need this dudes exact kit? Waste of time
Tbh I don't like this method at all
And why not
These poor tests keep getting a bad name when people seem to not be able to follow directions! Both videos on the rapitest were pointless.
I just read the instructions. He seemed spot on. Where did he go wrong?
Worked for us when we followed his directions