Ph meter

[Giannhs]

Well today i got my cheap analogic ho meter and i wanted to test it like put it in soil and then water the soil with water that i added some lime juice.And i noticed some things. First i checked the erth soil and the soil i have some flowers and the ph was same 6.8.Then i put lime juice in water and checked the water and on the top of the water the ph was 6 and at the bottom was 5 what solhould i believe. I watered my soil with this water to see how much the ph would drop but its just the same after i hour wait. Is that normall or the ph meter its just bad

[JeffInCanada]

Hello Giannhs
Sorry to say but meter is bad. This type of meter is really measuring the electrical conductivity of the soil. Usually, the PH meter (usually a pen style or PH paper strips) are used to measure PH of liquids. Measuring the PH of the soil is not so easy. Here is a link below with lots of information. Although, the meters that look just like this one in your photo but measure soil moisture are great.

[Giannhs]

So can this thing at least meter the ph of water

[JeffInCanada]

Hi Giannhs
No, it is not good for measuring the PH of water.

[Rwise]

Those are not very accurate, but lemon juice in my tests lets the PH return to what it was before the lemon was added, however the chloramine/chlorine is now dead.
I started out with a similar meter, I now have a nice Bluelabs combo +. (yes it costs more)