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    Nutrient EC PPM meter for hydroponics and aquaponics
    Nutrient EC PPM meter for hydroponics and aquaponics
    Nutrient EC PPM meter for hydroponics and aquaponics
    Nutrient EC PPM meter for hydroponics and aquaponics
    Nutrient EC PPM meter for hydroponics and aquaponics

    Nutrient Meter

    $24.99
    22 items left

    Optimize your hydroponic garden with our compact EC meter, designed for quick and accurate nutrient concentration readings. Pre-calibrated and ready to use, this meter helps you feed your plants the right nutrients for healthier growth and prevents crop failure. Includes batteries and easy instructions.

    Features

    Why do I need a nutrient meter?

    Using a nutrient meter is the best way to accurately feed your plants the nutrients that they need. By accurately providing your plants with what they need, you'll notice faster and healther growth - you also will reduce the risk of your crop failiing due to having the wrong nutrient mix - which is the most common reason for failure in hydroponics!

    You'll find that as you test the EC (electrical conductivity) of your nutrient solution, over time you will learn a lot about how your plant consumes water and nutrients. For example in hot and dry conditions, plants typically consumer more water than nutrients (as a percentage), which means the nutrient concentration will go up, as there's less water but a similar amount of nutrients! The is an issue because when the nutrient concentration is too high, it will actually suck water out through the roots of the plant (through osmosis) in order to balance out salinity levels. On the other hand, in cool conditions a plant may rapidly consume nutrients, but not water - resulting in a lower nutrient concentration in the water. Of course this is an issue as the plants won't have enough nutrients to grow!

    Instructions

    Measuring EC is really easy once you're all set up, all you need to do to get an accurate reading is:

    1. Rinse the electrode on the EC meter
    2. Turn the meter on
    3. Immerse the meter electrode in the solution you want to test
    4. Stir gently and wait 30 seconds for the reading to stabilise.
    5. After reading, clear the electrode and turn off the meter. Always replace the protective cap after use.

    Specifications

    Included in this package are:

    • EC meter
    • Instructions
    • Batteries (LR44 1.5V) included

    Specifications

    • Measurement range: 0-2000 ppm
    • Accuracy: +/- 2%
    • Power supply: LR44 1.5V
    • Operating Temperature: 0-80 Degrees C

    Customer Reviews

    Based on 12 reviews
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    Deborah S.
    Another great item for my hydroponics

    Have used once and was easy to apply. Already seeing some success

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    Laksmi Govindasamy
    Unfortunately this is being replaced

    Sadly the initial nutrient meter that I received was not functional but I appreciate Tamara's quick response via email and am waiting for a replacement to arrive. So far, even without the nutrient meter, I've had success with growing basil from seeds.

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    Jenna Li
    Works as intended

    Easy to use, does its job fine

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    Margaret Sutton
    Nutrient meter

    I like the nutrient meter because it measures the TDS. If it’s low for my plants I know it’s time to add more nutrients to keep them happy

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    eric neale
    gathera

    works fine thanks

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    Sharon L.
    Necessity

    Great handy item, if you are serious about getting good results this is the best tool available for you

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    jon b.
    Works well

    Initially struggled to get it to work, washed and dried probes after a reading but coudn't get it to do a second reading. Then I realised you have to turn it off and on to get a new reading.

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    Stephanie Gardiner
    Good once you figure out how to use it

    It doesn't come with instructions. I have taken readings of spring water (0), filtered tap water (300) and fertilised water (1350) and just top up the water, only replacing it with fresh fertilised water when it drops to 700 (approx 2 weeks). Has worked out so far

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    tania westwood
    Highly Recommend

    Getting the correct nutrient levels for each plant is so much easier with this, highly recommend using this.

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    Heather L.
    Easy to use

    Good quality

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