When doing a query in the Plant Library I am not able to bring up Pandorea jasmoides, Bower Plant. Can you list it if it is not already listed? Thanks. Glenn

Hi Edith, I too would like the raw data. Is there a way to export it to an Excel spreadsheet or some MS Access mdb file? I'm also interested in the scaling for the data. Temp, moisture and light units. It only has to be the units for each sensor. I'm not really interested in using it for plant section of problem solving. I want to use it for data collection for climit. Thanks Paul Holowko www.gardeningrhythms.com

Glade you liked that story. :) -- To answer your question, for flowers in the font I test once a year. In my back yard where i have a rasied garden bed, I check everytime grow something new in that spot. I been using the square foot gardening method and I make my own soil mix. I would guess I've checked the soil from Janurary 2010 till now about 4-5 times already.

You are correct, the top of the sensor measures sunlight. I've heard reports of users attaching the top of the sensor to a branch to get a sunlight reading.

Christopher, I laughed out loud at your pink flowers. Have you amended your soil since then? How often do you test now?

I've also had issues with plants needing phosphorous, but mistaking the condition as a nitrogen deficiency and vice versa.

NEED would be approbate and here's why: A few months back I went to Home Depot and bought a plant called, Endless Summer Hydrangeas because it had really nice blue flowers. I didn't do a soil test prior to planting in my front yard, only to later learn that the flowers turn pink in acidic soil. A simple PH test would have told me to amend my soil. So instead of manly blue flowers, I got girly pink ones. :( --- not that there is anything wrong with pink, but for a single guy...

Hi Edith - The Ferry soil test kit does a fair job, considering the lack of options. The trouble with it is the liquified soil has to be matched against a chart, and its easy to second guess the results if your lighting isn't ideal. I've given up on the electronic one, it's pretty much junk. I just got the EasyBloom plant sensor, so I've only tested it in a few places, just getting recommendations and using the site to make a list of seeds I want to buy.

HI Christopher- How happy are you with the results from Ferry? How many plants are you monitoring? Also, how often do you amend your soil for pH? Do you NEED to know it, or is mainly that you like knowing it? Thanks for the thanks to Robby--we work at PlantSense :)

No problem at all. I appreciate your kind words. :)