RE: ph meter
Craig,
My name is Melissa, and I'm an agronomist in Northern Indiana. To answer
your question about a pH meter. A good meter is really expensive, but to
get a soil sample done at a professional lab is not expensive at all. I
have gotten into a lot of GPS grid sampling for row crops in which I can
pull over a hundred samples out of one field. Then I send the samples to
A&L Great Lakes Labs, where they have one of those expensive accurate meters
and get pH readings as well as P & K levels, CEC, Organic matter, Ca to Mg
ratios etc, all for only $5.50 / sample. Of coarse, it is important to get
a representative sample from your patch. You will want to pull 8 -10 cores
from your patch and get the top 8" of soil in a profile. If you would like
more information about the lab and where to send samples let me know.
Melissa Lehman
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com [o*@mallorn.com]On
Behalf Of craig sandvik
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 3:28 AM
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: ph meter
nope , thanx craig
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Pugh" <snpugh@accessone.com>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 10:09 PM
Subject: ph meter
> After watching the 2000 Pacific Northwest Growers Seminar, the featured
speaker,
> Dr. Don Horneck from Agri-Check, answered that question by stating that
"cheap"
> meters are virtually worthless! The meter that he uses has a probe that
costs
> $1500 and must be calibrated daily. I believe that he has over $2300 in
his
> meter. Still wish to buy one?
>
> Stan
>
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