How To Check Soil pH Level - Help Your Plants To Thrive!

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How To Check Soil pH Level - Help Your Plants To Thrive!

In today's video I show you everything you need to test your soil pH levels and what you can do to adjust soil pH to create the perfect growing conditions for your plants. I'll show you how to increase the pH of acidic soil and how to reduce the pH of alkaline soil.

How to calculate an average pH level:
1. Take at least 5 measurements from different, randomly selected points in the area you are testing.
2. Convert each pH measurement to its corresponding hydrogen ion concentration (i.e pH = -log [H+]).
3. Calculate the average H+ concentration, by adding the measurements together and dividing the result by the quantity of measurements taken.
4. Convert the average H+ concentration back to its corresponding pH value, which would be equal to the average pH value.

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[aNaturalist]

Great video! A lot of people don't pay attention to PH. I didn't for a long time, and I work with plants for a living. I'm in central Texas. The soil is generally around a PH of 8 here (in the blackland prairie). Compost over years might get it to 7.2 to 7.5. I'm probably going to start doing light applications of elemental sulfur for vegetables, making a slight reduction in PH each year.

[willhoward]

Good video. I needed to know how to test this. Thanks

[GodAboveAll]

Great video for checking the ph levels in the soil of my tomato plants :)

[ZahidAli-kxdg]

I'm Pakistany farmar good information thanks 👍 🎉

[WAKEtheWORLDup]

Thanks man...this was an informative and straight to the point video. I have a question though: if you took a sample of the same soil but just deeper down or a slightly different area, will the ph come out the same as your first test? Or will it be different/change?

[martinpike]

How's that work if the waters at say 7.1 and you add acidic soil 4.5 the water ph should drop to 5.5-6

[timothydavy]

Won't the pH depend to some extent on the ammount of water added to the soil

[User-fasonbhoe]

Great video thank you, excuse me but i got a totally beginner question, after using the digital meter, is rinsing it with distilled water enough to clean it? Will it be damaged over time with this method based on your experience?

[themonkeydrunken]

The exact ratio of soil to water matters. The exact amount of time where the soil sits in the water matters. The temperature of the soil and the water matters. You're ignoring many important variables my friend!

[beerye]

Great video, informative. Thanks!
Would the time you let it sit in the water matter much?
Not sure if its been mentioned, but make sure the meter is calibrated 👍🏼

[nanda]

Most informative content for a soil PH knowledge! I'm an exporter of cocopeat from Indonesia. We have a neutral (pH 5, 0-6, 8). If you want to know further information, i"ll be so welcome to help you!

[danicamariemercado]

Hi. Im doing anaerobic composting. And i have to monitor ph.. Can anyone suggest what meter to use, or hpw can I do so considering anaerobic set up? Thank you

[narmislien]

Can this ph meter be used for blueberry plants for getting ph reading? Thx

[rubyww]

i am confused! If you are diluting the soil with water, that will change the PH of the buffer.

[Follows_Jesus]

Shouldn't you measure the water & then measure the runoff water through soil. And try to fig it out from there?

[RaffaelloLorenzusSayde]

How much fertilizer is too much? Do you use pH meter, TDS meter, or EC meter to find out?

[famellies---Beatmaker]

Can you use r.o water instead of distilled?? Thanks for the content

[misstechnobeats]

Hi everyone, I need some help if anyone had any guidance. I’m getting into growing fruits and eventually will do veg.
So iv got a blueberry bush which has thrived and got the blueberry’s on but there small and pink so no where near ready (bought the whole plant from Dobbies)
Blackberry bush which is a pruned plant that was also bought from dobbies so I’m not sure what soil or anything is in it.
Is there anything I need to do to keep these healthy and growing, Iv got compost, I will check the name of it when I get home. Iv got some all purpose plant food also which I’ll put the name off in as well. Im gonna try and get a raised bed made or bigger raised barrels that they can go in ect.
Iv been watering them from tap but I know that raises the alkaline which is not what I want and I’m unsure what to do to keep it low as those fruits need it acidic.
Any advice or guidance would really help.

[arranc]

Hi there did your ph meter come with any solution packs? I perchest the same ph meter as you but it didn't come with any solution packs

[randyman]

Hello I have a pH meter like in your video thumbnail(yellow)..mine is 000 but when I stick it in to anything it keeps running and doesn't stop, any ideas?? I purchased it on eBay