Wednesday 15 July 2015

pH en EC - meten is weten

Ordered at AliExpress a digital pH meter (€6,07) en TDS meter (€3,41). The button cells (3x for PH meter, 2x for TDS meter) AG13 (12st. €0,90) are separate ordered (12p €0,90).


The PH-meter do I clean afterwards with distilled water and dry the sensor gently with a paper towel.
Calibrate with pH buffer powder pH 4.00 and pH 6.86 (€ 0.64) and measure any manually Litmus paper strips (litmus test for color) 80st. € 0.35.
For the TDS value to convert to EC value in mS / cm, I share the ppm value by a factor of 640:


Testmeting 19-6-'15:

Temp ℃ 
   pH   
TDS ppm
EC mS/cm
Distilled water
22,7
7,1
43
0,07
Tap water
21,7
7,9
140
0,22
Tap water + nutrition
21,5
7,1
900
1,40
Rain water
20,2
7,2
48
0,08
Rain  + nutrition
20,2
6,8
690
1,08


Temperature correction:
Distilled water: 20℃ - pH 7,08
Distilled water: 25℃ - pH 7,00

The ideal pH for plants is from 5.8 to 6.5. Making more acidic may best with natural vinegar (or nitric N). If the plants in blooming with phosphoric acid P (PH-min Canna Bloom), you only need a little.



Soil PH-Moisture-Light tester $3.30


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