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Good morning farmers. Can you read PPM, PH and /or EC in organic brewed teas after you dilute it with RO water? Will it ruin your meter?
i wouldnt.. and its not necessarily what im looking at when using teas. im more worried about the microbial life within the tea and making sure all my bacteria will be happy. ur ph will go nuts and not come in accurately.. and ur ppm shouldnt even matter cause your not trying to provide any kind of nutrient value.. just mt .02
It will not ruin your meter. However, you can only read pH accurately with specific regard to organic compounds. Read on.Good morning farmers. Can you read PPM, PH and /or EC in organic brewed teas after you dilute it with RO water? Will it ruin your meter?
Actually, no, you can't, not organic molecules with anything resembling accuracy using the meters we typically use. The reason has everything to do with conductivity of these compounds, or rather, the lack of conductivity. Beyond that, the equipment required to test density or concentration of organic compounds does exist, but it's got some problems. First, one needs to know rather precisely what organic molecule one is seeking to test for and then acquire the equipment to test for just that (type of) molecule. Second, the equipment is insanely expensive.Of course you can. Why not?
Generally it is a good idea to rinse the probes/sensor with RO water before even short-term (read: overnight) storage - but organic nutes won't wear the meter any faster than any other use.