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by **Jymm** » Fri, 15 May 1998 04:00:00

I need some advice! I've been an hobby fishkeeper for some time. I am
recently getting interested in gardening. I am wondering if it is
possible to use the test kits for testing water conditions to test the
conditiobn of the soil. If this is possible does anyone have an idea
how this can be done.

I assume the soil would need to be mixed with distilled or any neutral
water and allowed to stand. The question is how much water and how
much soil and how long. This would effect the concentration of any
nutrient, pH etc.

Please give a detailed explanation of the procedure as I am a relative
novice at chemistry but luckily not totally ignorant.

Feel free to add any comments and suggestions that might be useful. I
already own a full set of water analysis test kit e.g. pH, General
Hardness, Salinity, Nitrite, Nitrate, Phophates, Copper, Chlorine and
ammonia.

Regards to everyone and thanks in advance
Jymmy

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by **Jenn** » Fri, 15 May 1998 04:00:00

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>I need some advice! I've been an hobby fishkeeper for some time. I am
>recently getting interested in gardening. I am wondering if it is
>possible to use the test kits for testing water conditions to test the
>conditiobn of the soil. If this is possible does anyone have an idea
>how this can be done.

>I assume the soil would need to be mixed with distilled or any neutral
>water and allowed to stand. The question is how much water and how
>much soil and how long. This would effect the concentration of any
>nutrient, pH etc.

>Please give a detailed explanation of the procedure as I am a relative
>novice at chemistry but luckily not totally ignorant.

>Feel free to add any comments and suggestions that might be useful. I
>already own a full set of water analysis test kit e.g. pH, General
>Hardness, Salinity, Nitrite, Nitrate, Phophates, Copper, Chlorine and
>ammonia.

>Regards to everyone and thanks in advance
>Jymmy

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Well, I'm not sure how to do this...but you'd definately want to use water
clearly labelled distilled or deionized. Preferably deionized. Those are the
only true natural waters. And the difference...distilled water has been
boiled, and with boiling, most of the non-water molecules go away...notice
most. Deionized water has been made so that the ONLY molecules in it are
good old H20, so it's completely neutral (unlike the water out of your tap,
which, if I remember right, is slightly base)...you probably won't find
deionized water in your grocery store, but you could find it from some sort
of science supply. Distilled would work just fine, too, just be sure to keep
the water tightly closed or else you just paid extra money for water that's
been contaminated and is little better than tap water :)

Jenn

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How do we conduct soil test with aquarium water test kit?

How do we conduct soil test with aquarium water test kit?

How do we conduct soil test with aquarium water test kit?