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Useful Gadgets - Can the Man - 23-06-2020
I was in B&Q today and. Bought me a moisture and ph meter combined for €10.
I thought it worth sharing, does anybody use this type of meter ?
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RE: Useful Gadgets - Veggie - 23-06-2020
Don't want to tell you about the 3 I have as it may disappoint you. Suffice to say they all read differently in the same compost.
RE: Useful Gadgets - Mikey - 23-06-2020
I've got the PH only version of that, it's very useful. My raised beds can vary by about 4 on the PH scale over a 3-metre range.
RE: Useful Gadgets - Mikey - 23-06-2020
(23-06-2020, 04:12 PM)Veggie Wrote: Don't want to tell you about the 3 I have as it may disappoint you. Suffice to say they all read differently in the same compost.
So you're saying they are pointless V, what do you use a ph paper and make up a solution?
RE: Useful Gadgets - Veggie - 23-06-2020
Nah! I don't worry about it.
Find Moisture level by sticking my finger in the soil. Although I do have little one for pot plants that plays a tune when they need watering.
The 3 I have are just PH and that's easy - camellias grow well here so the soil is leaning towards acid,
I wouldn't be correcting it anyway.
I did a test once comparing all 3 in the same pots and in vinegar. They still didn't agree with each other.
RE: Useful Gadgets - Can the Man - 01-02-2021
I bought this very useful little gadget online for splitting timber for kindling, it works great except for knots
but then nothing works with knots except for a saw. [attachment=2094]
RE: Useful Gadgets - JJB - 01-02-2021
(01-02-2021, 02:03 AM)Can the Man Wrote: I bought this very useful little gadget online for splitting timber for kindling, it works great except for knotsInteresting Can, but I think I'll pass. I've never chopped wood in my life, not likely to now
. My most interesting/useful gadget indoors these days is the plastic claw thingy that releases the vacuum in jars so I can open them with arthritic hands. Sad, isn't it