Has anyone used this to measure moisture for newly planted trees other than potted? Is the probe long enough to get a good reading?
1133353
Yes, it is long enough to check trees. I've used it on Arborvitae and Summers Maples.
1133354
Yes I use the device for small newly planted trees. The probe is 7.5 inches long and definitely long enough for a newly planted young tree but won't be long enough once the tree begins to mature.
285124
The wire from the meter to the probe is a very flexible insulated copper wire. If your referring to the probe material that goes into the ground, that appears to be stainless steel with an insulated tip of a dissimilar metal to generate a potential difference, this is read out as a percentage of moisture.
901859
I have used this tool at ton and it works great. It is going to work well on a tree out to about 850 to 900 yds, beyond that you will not get very good readings.
271153
Hi. General Tools indicates that it CAN detect moisture up to 4" deep/down. * Spherical sensor gauges moisture level up to 4 in. below a surface. I haven't used mine in that capacity yet so I can't tell you from an applicability standpoint. You can also check out other specs here: http://www.generaltools.com/assets/images/Manuals/MMD950ManualGT.pdf Hope that helps!
1238437
It has a single probe that measures temperature and relative humidity. It will not do what you want - measure temperature in 2 places.
1599881
I use mine for smoking. Just don't get cable were it goes into probe wet. That's how most probes fail.
2077104
I have never used the probes up to this temp but I think they may need to be encased in something to protect them. I would think one of the long pointed probes which are available would work better. I have only used the provided probes attached to the outside of a hot pipe to measure its temp.
719005
It's not made for that so I don't know how sensitive the readings would be, but I do think it would give some response. It has two small metal prongs that you stick on or in different materials and then it beeps and shows a percentage read out. You can switch it from "wood" to "building materials" depending on what you need to test. I did use it on some foam that the builder sprayed into a crevice, and on some rotted drywall that was spongy.
736950
Probe is 8" long. Measurement apparatus is 3"H x 2"W x 1"D. I don't use it because the default reading for all three functions sits on 2 instead of 0. And it usually stays there no matter what you want to measure. It also only goes into my potted plans about 3 inches for some reason. I think the dirt gets stuck between the two probes. I wouldn't buy it again.
1522044
The 1820 will give you an idea of just how wet the soil is in the root ball. All new trees require a fair amount of watering early on so don't let your tree go dry, be sure to water the soil around the root ball also. One thing about the 1820, don't drive yourself crazy trying to hit a specific number, just use it a gauge to determine that the soil is not too wet or too dry.
436030
Some of these units come with a clip to allow you to attach it to the side of a pot. So long as the probe is not touching the bottom or side of the pot you should get a reliable reading. Just be sure you have stirred the pot so the temp of the liquid is uniform.
2014391
It will check the moisture in most anything. The question would be how to interpret the reading. In other words, for a dirt / gravel road what reading would be wet vs. dry. It comes with instructions for measure the moisture for plants, trees, etc. Not sure about your application. Might want to contact the manufacturer.
2144052
No, this probe didn't work. I'm not sure whether the problem was the probe or the base of the thermometer. It was quite disappointing as I didn't use the thermometer very much and I didn't think it would fail as soon as it did.
1922158
I do not use a moisture sensor so I am not sure about comparability. It is constantly hooked up to your local weather station so we have not had any issues with over watering.
1922160
I haven't used it with a moisture sensor, but even better than that if you connect it to the web as you should, it will pick up the weather from a local weather station and only water when it isn't raining. You can set how long to switch off if it has rained. Much more reliable than a moisture sensor I think! (I love this device by the way)
2077101
I only use my 2 channel (only 1 probe operates at a time) for HVAC measurments. I do not use the probes that came with the unit because ther were only the wire type. It works great. Best of luck, For Clothes dryers I use a laser type to measure the temp.
2235607
Not "humidity," but moisture content of grain & seed kernels. I'm actually using it for the moisture content of coffee-beans at differing stages of processing/drying, up to green coffee for roasting. Coffee beans are similar in size to Soy-beans, so I use that setting. There are settings for rice, wheat,.... I've compared the readouts to known samples and they're close enough for my purposes. It'll give both temperature and percent humidity readings of bagged seeds, and seems more accurate if the bags are stacked, so that the grain is "compressed." Read the instruction guide. I believe it takes an indirect measurement of the grain by measuring electrical resistance/conductivity of the grain sample. Kind of like a soil-meter.