OK Guys,
I know this is not the most scientific PH test every performed but I am very satisfied with the results that I have received with these “Test Strips”. I feel that the results from these strips are accurate enough for a home garden.
The attached photo does not depict the actual color that is on the strips, I guess because of the flash from the camera. I took several photos and they all looked the same. The color on the strips were very close to the “Color Chart” that is a part of the package
I did wear some disposable gloves so that my skin did not ever touch the strips. I first tested some distilled water and got a “neutral” reading. Next I tested some of my drinking water from the sink and it was between an eight (8) and nine (9).
Then I tested some vinegar and got the “reddish” color strip in the lower left on this photo. Vinegar has a PH of 2.2, which is the color on my test strip and is between the two (2) and the three (3), close enough for me!
Next I took a sample of dirt from the middle of one of my gardens and the test strip produced the “greenish” strip in the upper part of the photo. I made three other test in my gardens and every strip looked identical to each other. Again, I need to state that the color on the test strip is much closer to the color on the Chart than my photo shows. Based on the color on my test strip, I would say that the PH in my gardens are between 6.5 and 7.
Hope this is of some help to those of you that have not ever used these paper test strips.
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