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Luster Leaf 1612 Rapitest pH Soil Tester
Product Description
Provides 10 tests for pH. Patented comparator test system.
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161 of 163 people found the following review helpful
By M. Twitchell
Amazon Verified Purchase
I grew up on a farm and I've been gardening for over 50 years. When I was a child, we took soil samples to our county agent every few years and guessed during the years between samples. That was not often enough for NKP or PH. The County Agent's report covered 6 or 8 more things such as borax, aluminum, and calcium. Those things change very slowly and only need to be tested for only every 5 to 10 years. In the fifties and sixties, we just assumed the soil would need lime each year; it was acid. However, the amount we used was calculated by rule of thumb. Others used the taste test; tasting the soil to tell if it was sweet or sour; better than nothing but very distasteful when the fertilizer of choice is manure.
If you do no other tests, do this one! PH controls whether or not a plant can take up nutrients. All the fertilizer in the world will not help, if the PH is wrong. I purchased the full test set as well as this one so that I could do more frequent PH tests and in more places such as around shrubs, bushes, and trees, especially fruiting trees and bushes. I have been using these products for at least 20 years. This purchase was just to renew my supply. I can usually go 2 or3 years with a full Luster Leaf set plus an extra PH test set. Buy and use it!. It will save you money on fertilizer and you can have the best garden in the neighborhood!
If you do no other tests, do this one! PH controls whether or not a plant can take up nutrients. All the fertilizer in the world will not help, if the PH is wrong. I purchased the full test set as well as this one so that I could do more frequent PH tests and in more places such as around shrubs, bushes, and trees, especially fruiting trees and bushes. I have been using these products for at least 20 years. This purchase was just to renew my supply. I can usually go 2 or3 years with a full Luster Leaf set plus an extra PH test set. Buy and use it!. It will save you money on fertilizer and you can have the best garden in the neighborhood!
44 of 44 people found the following review helpful
By RR
Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this item because my tomatoes were getting soft bottoms from excessively acidic soil last season. After liming and waiting a few weeks, the tester showed slightly acidic. Even though they are not ripe yet, the plants are obviously healthier and show none of the early sings of the problem. This product took all of the guess work out.
48 of 49 people found the following review helpful
By E. Timmons
Amazon Verified Purchase
Worked perfectly and very easy to use. The set comes with a bunch of capsules so you can use it a bunch of times.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Readings make sense
From what I understand the soil in the area is pretty much alkaline. The readings confirmed this. The color gradations take getting used to. Read more
Published 1 day ago by R. Hosler
5.0 out of 5 stars
works
This is a good tester, but the process of testing for n-p-k takes about 1/2 hour.
I probably used up most of the tests goofing around testing my raised bed garden and... Read more
I probably used up most of the tests goofing around testing my raised bed garden and... Read more
Published 1 day ago by Tezza
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not accurate enough?
I found it hard to judge the reading. At least this product did give me a ballpark idea of the ph levels i my soil. I was not confident that I hAd a really accurate reading
Published 3 days ago by Brian Seed
4.0 out of 5 stars
soil test
it said 10 tests only got 8 other than that it seems to work well. the colors don't seem to match at all but I souse you are supposed to guess.
Published 6 days ago by Thomas G Adams
5.0 out of 5 stars
Easy to use
This is a great little system. It's easy to use and the included chart has the ph range for nearly every plant you'd want to grow. It works great.
Published 7 days ago by Mitty
1.0 out of 5 stars
Don't waste your time and money
I was really enthusiatic and excited about this product since my wife and I started cultivating a back yard garden with relatively good crop yields. Read more
Published 7 days ago by kensam
5.0 out of 5 stars
excellent product
an excellent product - it does what it says it will - and came right away. Love being able to find a product without leaving home.
Published 7 days ago by NHR
5.0 out of 5 stars
Solid, easy-to-use soil test that won't dig into your...
Took five minutes to read the directions, and I had clear results ten minutes later. Very nice to have extra capsules (about ten). Read more
Published 7 days ago by J. Kingery
5.0 out of 5 stars
Quick, Simple, Reliable. Provides a general Idea of soil pH based on...
I bought this to test the pH of my blueberry soil that I have in half wine barrels. I used 1/3 pine bark mulch, 1/3 sphagnum peat moss, and 1/3 organic potting soil. Read more
Published 8 days ago by B. Good
5.0 out of 5 stars
Like it
This product works great and I know that my dirt is neutral which is great because there are so many plants that can't be in certain soils and I don't have to worry as much. Read more
Published 10 days ago by Savannah A. West
