How well does this work for checking moisture of African Violets? They do not actually use soil, but mixture of mostly peat, some vermiculite, perlite
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It should work fine for any potting mixture as well as for shallow outdoor plantings.
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Moisture is still the same. We currently don't have African Violets but in the past we never had any problems.
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It won't spread it ft it's wet or compact. If it is dry and loose it will work such as peat moss.
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I used a full 12-qt dry bag and about 1/3 of a second bag for the herbs I planted in mine. So I'm guessing about 16 dry qts. of soil. I love this unit so much I bought a second one to expand my herb gardening next year.
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Hi, I used about 3 large bags of high quality potting soil, FoxFarm "Ocean Forest" from a place called Indoor Garden and Lighting: www.indoorgarden.com. It has worked amazing! We put about 500 red wiggler worms in the middle tube and water about once a week. We catch about 4 gallons of the rich nutrients from the soil and organic plant food out of the bottom holes when we water and put that on the rest of our garden. You will be amazed! The soil we used costs a lot on Amazon, but we paid about $14 USD a bag on sale at Indoor Garden and Lighting. You do not want to use the cheap dense soil at the hardware chains, even the expensive ones are not clean like the Ocean Forest Potting Soil. Another one I like is Happy Frog Potting Soil, it is a very high quality soil as well. Good luck and hope that helps! Mike
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Watch your soil. Conventional potting soil retains too much moisture and dries out harder than a rock. I bought my plant in March and have had it under lights until a couple weeks ago when I put it outside. It's doing fine. I make my own potting soil. 1 part milled peat, one part vermiculite and one part perilite.
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Yes, the meter can be used for this purpose. You would have to sample the leave's liquid matrix at various points on the structure but as long as your measurement locus is the same then the results should be the same. Time of day, maturity of plant as well as locus and soil/soil moisture should all be kept constant. If you modify any of these variables then that is your post sample condition. Get a baseline and confirm with multiple samples THEN start changing soil/water/maturity, etc.
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I would not recommended for because of the chemicals used in the product. These chemicals might be absorb by the soil and thus the roots. Paris Lamps Team
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Greetings,Only knowing the hydroponic basics, I can see the incorporation of the LECA into such system. I use LECA in the water trays of my African Violets and Begonias, and in the pots of my Orchids very succesfully indoors. My home is kept at a low humidity from the standard, and the LECA has worked remarkably well keeping constant humidity control around the plant. I have noticed a remarkable positive improvement in a month of use. Hope my answer is helpful to you.
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sorry, I don't have any tomato plants, but if they need lots of water at once, maybe not...this keeps the soil moist.
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I check the ph of my water/nutrients, I have not tested the PH of soil, but I had a major issue with gnats the first go round- summer fruit, they gnawed my flowers.
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The reading is almost immediately and seems accurate so far. I have two of these on my outside plants but they are in pots. I think the ground would be different since it is a larger area, maybe for a quick check if you put it near a plant on the ground but I wouldn't leave it in the ground.
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I don't do soil but my answer would be no. If the soil is very wet my guess the sensor would test the water ph and not the soil/water combination.
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I have never had bugs on my African Violets. I wouldn't use these -- they're too heavy duty. Use plain food spikes instead. Keep the violets moist but not wet and pick off old or bad leaves and you shouldn't have issues.
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Kinda doubt it.... its mostly used for checking wood moisture, probably could check the surface moisture but I don't think the prongs are long enough to check soil.
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This product is used as a foliar fog/spray. As such if shouldn't be applied in amounts that could do anything to your soils pH. The other ingredients would probably include water and bacterial growth culture. It works.
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Not necessasarily you need to look online and ask a nursery a garden shop call them for best mix I have Peat moss:perlite and try to grow vegetables and insect eating plants the mix is different per type of plant I think you may have to add 4 soil count to 1 or 1:1 depending on your location
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It will check the moisture in most anything. The question would be how to interpret the reading. In other words, for a dirt / gravel road what reading would be wet vs. dry. It comes with instructions for measure the moisture for plants, trees, etc. Not sure about your application. Might want to contact the manufacturer.