Water moisture gauge.

Good afternoon. Hope your gardens are standing up to this wind. I am in the north east of England and the wind has been wild. One grow home has already blown across the garden.

Anyway - my friend popped round to see my gardening efforts and brought me a gift. See pics.

I have looked online but cant find guidance on the ph and moisture levels for all the things I am growing in containers: Mangetout, carrots, beetroots, courgettes, cuc, toms, radish, sweet or and many many more things. The info on the packet is more flower related.

Perhaps I am using the wrong search words.

Any one help?

Thank you.

 

This link takes you to a PDF file showing fruit and veg PH preferences (from the American Geosciences Institute). Don't know if that would be of any use to you?

 

This is useful - thank you. Just need moisture levels now.

 

I think the advice for moisture, when growing fruit and veg, is the traditional: keep well watered, just not water logged!

 

I bought a cheap one of those but had to take it back for a refund as it only read 'moist' when sitting in a glass of water.

 

Yep, sorry to say I've never found any of those meter thingies to be of much use.

As for watering, I use my finger in the top of the compost/ground, if its damp underneath the surface, then it can go a while.
You soon get used to the idea, its really a matter of just keeping an eye on things.

 

This was the one