Electronic soil testers

Worth1 · January 9, 2008

My wife made me get a soil tester and I was wondering how accurate they were.
(That's right blame it on the wife.)

I tested the soil were I have some oddball stuff growing and it said it was to fertile and too acidic
The ph was in the 3 range
I then stirred in a goodly portion of wood ashes to raise the ph and it came up to 7 and the fertility was in the ideal area.

Does anybody use these things?
Or should I just do like I always do and look at how the plants grow and what they look like.
At least I could use it for a reference to see any changes I made in the soil.
I honestly don’t see how it could measure fertility accurately.

Worth

January 9, 2008	#1
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Electronic soil testers My wife made me get a soil tester and I was wondering how accurate they were. (That's right blame it on the wife.) I tested the soil were I have some oddball stuff growing and it said it was to fertile and too acidic The ph was in the 3 range I then stirred in a goodly portion of wood ashes to raise the ph and it came up to 7 and the fertility was in the ideal area. Does anybody use these things? Or should I just do like I always do and look at how the plants grow and what they look like. At least I could use it for a reference to see any changes I made in the soil. I honestly don’t see how it could measure fertility accurately. Worth