Environmental Concepts pH7 Dual Probe Soil PH Meter

Works good, prongs are always tough to keep nice so be careful when testing. I will say to everyone here that is growing outdoors to till and amend your starting soil with dolomite lime which will automatically make the soil PH come back to neutral. The cup testing method works to some degree but most of the time its best to till, soften ,and test directly in the ground. The use of distilled water is questionable considering it usually has a lower than neutral PH, using a neutral 7.0 batch of water will have less influence on soil PH after being saturated.Indoors:You need to take the PH from the soil your roots are sitting in, take a top soil reading and if possible a root level reading as well.Taking soil out of a grow container to do a test will not give you a correct root soil PH and disturb your root progression, best to soften the soil in the pot first w/ neutral filtered water and test directly in container .Great product for the price :) 4 Stars

Easy to use but it's about a pionts off if it's says 6.5 it's around a 5.5 ph if it says 7.5 it's at a 6.5 ph so it kinda works as a quicky for the price to get an idea but I still use my expensive ph tester for a more accurate reading

I don't really know what to think about this PH probe, the operation seems quite simple but the results were (in my mind) questionable.

seems to work quite well, & without batteries, that's a real plus. Tested it on H2O, accurate ph 7.0, and on my lawn, which was twice previously tested to 4-5 ph, read about 5. So works well, i think, but gotta mix the soil with water to allow to work. Read directions, & don't break prongs by forcibly sticking them into hard earth.

Seems like the readings are not all that accurate and the needle moves constantly while in the soil.

Very simple to use and provides quick results. I purchased this to test soil on different parts of my small farm, so I could amend the soil as necessary for planting. I was so surprised how easy this was to use. I carried around some disposable plastic cups, added soil and a little water just to dampen and consolidate the soil, stuck the prongs in, and had readings within seconds. Then I simple rinsed the prongs off and went on to test the next samples. I even sometimes simply just stuck the prongs directly into the soil, which still gave me decent readings, but I do think it is better to dampen the soil in a cup or container, so you have the most accurate sampling. But, this is a great tool for gardeners or farmers. It is so easy to use and there are no batteries to worry about.

This summer 90% of my garden tomatoes got bottom rot. Researched the prob online and learned there was a calcium deficiency--get garden lime. I did. Also ordered the PH meter to analyze future soils. I tested it in a new plant, then other plants. The meter stayed the same no matter what soil I put it in. Compost or not, lime or not, meter stayed the same. Will continue to test, but wondering if this thing really works.

Right out of the package it works great!I was interested to find out why my zoysia grass was growing well in my backyard and not so well in my front yard.I stuck the probes in the ground after cleaning per instructions, the soil was moist and lo and behold a PH of 4.4-5 in the areas where the grass was growing poorly and a PH of 6,-6.5, -7 in the healthy areas.The deeper I probed the higher the acidity (as low as 4) as I started to slowly remove the probe,the PH would begin to increase to 5.5. then 6, so I could begin to see the topsoil was deeper in the backyard and shallow in most of the front yard.I will treat with lime this fall. I had suspected this was the problem. My house is only three years old so the sod was just laid three years ago.

I grow alot of different plants in my greenhouse which is an extension of the heated garage so it's somewhat heated in the winter. This has made a big difference in the plants since I can get the proper ph level correct for each different plant. It comes with a list of plants and the ph level that they should be at. It gives my plants a great head start for summer planting in the yard, and I can get the proper additives for the soil.

Bought this metre to measure the pH of my garden soil. Does not work. The metre is always pegged at seven. I have another metre that I find hard to use because the probe is very wide and difficult to get into the soil but it works. I can compare the measurements of the environmental concepts metre to my old Metre so I know what the reading should be approximately. The environmental concepts metre doesn’t work at all period.

Thhis product works as it shhould. The other one I ordered and returned was not even close to this one. It pays to buy better quality

Never really sure if it worked or not... always reads the same on diff samples. I would get a real lab soil test.

It seemed to give the same readings regardless of source: soil or compost. I tried it with solutions of known substances and was not impressed with the results.Next purchase will likely be a $231 Bluelab soil pH tester.