- Measures soil fertility and pH levels with precision
- Produces results in less than a minute
- Requires no batteries for operation
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Q:What does it test, other than PH? Saying that it tests fertility tells me nothing. Does it test...
by|Apr 15, 2018
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Aug 4, 2020
Score the prongs
I followed pantlady's and the other reviews and it worked correctly.
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Feb 12, 2017
Worked Perfectly
I bought this product and followed the instructions on Pantlay's review. It worked perfectly in vinegar.
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May 7, 2016
Tech requires cleaning. Do that & you're good 2 go
Gotta be careful with this one. A little preparation goes a long way.
I found another post validating my own experience. Minerals may contaminate the probes and they need cleaning - even new; But we can not fault Burpee for the way metals behave. I suspect most negative reviews on this product are due to probes needing cleaning. I do not know what metals Burpee uses for the oxidation-reduction reactions to drive the meter, but when the probes are very clean you can easily see that each of the 3 probes is a different metal. (That is why the meter does not require batteries. Soil chemistry reacts with the probes enough to power a simple reading.)
The probes are very easy to clean. Soak them in vinegar and wipe them off. You may then use the vinegar as a test for functionality. Typical vinegar has a pH of about 2.4. Try other substances. Try mixing acids of various acidity. You'll find the meter responds really well. I'll probably keep a vinegar jar for soaking briefly before use.
The meter does not require batteries, responds very quickly to pH changes, is simple to use (flip a switch), and best of all is reusable.
Kudos to you, Burpee. Neat product. Burpee has too much on the line with its brand name with seeds to mess the brand up with a bad meter. They came through for me.
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May 22, 2011
Electronic Soil Tester -- Does it really work?
Greetings,
After testing the soil in 6 spots in my lawn and getting the same reading in all spots, I because suspicious of the accuracy of this product.
To validate I stuck the probes directly in a lemon. A lemon is about 2.3 pH. Check the image. What's wrong with this picture?
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Feb 22, 2023
I purchased this soil to quickly make a large number...
I purchased this soil to quickly make a large number of tests of soil fertility. I was going to use this to determine where the more accurate chemical tests should be made. After buying the electronic tester, I read the directions and found that it was to be used on prepared sample rather than just inserting into the ground. I returned the tester without using it.
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Feb 15, 2023
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Feb 9, 2023
I am new to this gardening and plants so I...
I am new to this gardening and plants so I don’t know how to use it yet
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Dec 21, 2022
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Sep 21, 2022
Soil Tester
I didn't see the meter move in either direction when I placed it in my soil and since that was the only soil I had to test I had to just assume it worked.
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Sep 8, 2022
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