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Testing PH: meter or drops?

Too Funny! And if it's not a joke, then, dontknownuttin, you've got waaaaay too much time on your hands!
 
and you're welcome also, Dagmar. It's one of the few things that I remember from Chem 101, except for the things that go BANG, but that's for a whole nuther forum!
 
oh my god. you guys. i was just sitting here reading along, killin my first 5 seeds n'ish, and started to wonder....what if my pH meter is off? i calibrated my meter when i first got it--12/15ish--and then again right before i did first germination, which was new year's....do i need to calibrate again? sheeeeet, i'm germinatin' replacement seeds as we speak.... y'all done put the fear in me...LOL
 
I just stepped into the 21st century, I ordered a pH pen and some calibration solution. I have been (and will keep some on hand) litmus two panel test strips, but they are getting so expensive that a pen, at $30 or less, is cost completive.
From what research I did before I bought one, is that you calibrate the pen only when (with a clean tip / electrode) checked in a standard pH solution, it reads off. The solutions come in 4.01 and 7.0 levels. The pen I ordered called for the 7.0 solution for storage and calibrating.
 
I use drops but worry about accuracy as some of my nutrients will tint the water. Paper looks interesting. Now you got me thinking about test strips I use for hot tub... 😉
 
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I use drops but worry about accuracy as some of my nutrients will tint the water. Paper looks interesting. Now you got me thinking about test strips I use for hot tub... 😉

Hey was about to sign off, I swear by those
 

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