Blumat Digital Moisture Meter

Blumat Digital Moisture Meter

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Blumat Digital Moisture Meter

SKU: IG15462-PB

Sale price  $58.00 Regular price  $77.00

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Perfect Watering Control

Have 100% confidence your plants are getting the right amount of water

Use the Blumat Digital Moisture Meter as a super accurate way to know the moisture level near your roots or in your garden compost pile. Often the soil you can feel near the surface is moist while the soil near the roots is dry — or the reverse: dry at the surface and over-watered at the roots. Seasonal differences can cause these conditions to reverse rapidly.

With Blumat Digital, you don't have to guess! You'll know if your plants need water or not, and exactly how much. Eliminate dry roots and dead plants. Great for supporting Living Soil micro-organisms!

Keeping your soil at the ideal moisture level keeps microbes and other microorganism populations happy!

Perfect Watering Control

Protect Your Plants

Being able to monitor the soil moisture allows you to fine-tune your Tropf to deliver optimal irrigation for the most sensitive plants

100% Confidence

Accurately gauge the moisture content of your soil, and rest assured your plants are thriving.

Quick Setup

Prime your Digital Moisture Meter, fill it with water, and place it in the soil to get an accurate reading in a few hours.

Protect the Environment

Our Digital Moisture Meter contains much fewer manufactured parts than electronic moisture meters

Protect Your Plants

Being able to monitor the soil moisture allows you to fine-tune your Tropf to deliver optimal irrigation for the most sensitive plants

100% Confidence

Accurately gauge the moisture content of your soil, and rest assured your plants are thriving.

Quick Setup

Prime your Digital Moisture Meter, fill it with water, and place it in the soil to get an accurate reading in a few hours.

Protect the Environment

Our Digital Moisture Meter contains much fewer manufactured parts than electronic moisture meters

How the Blumat Digital Moisture Meter Compares

The natural solution has several advantages

Blumat Digital Moisture Meter

Electronic Moisture Meter

Finger

Electricity Free

Accuracy

High

High

Unreliable

Natural

Price

$

$$+

Free

Good for the Environment

Product Details

What's Included?

1 Blumat Digital Moisture Meter in a clear tube

Precise instructions and number readings that apply for different seasons and different kinds of plants.

Technical Specs

Dimensions: 9.25 x 1.75 x 1.75 inches

Ceramic Tip Length: 3 inches

Battery Type: CR2032 (3V)

Warranty: 3 Years

Setup

1. Soak bottom green portion and ceramic carrot in water for at least 15 minutes.

2. Fill carrot with water and attach to digital display head.

3. Hold "On" button for several seconds until "000" or "---" is displayed.

4. Insert bottom portion of meter into soil/growing media and wait 45 minutes.

5. Press "On" button until a reading is displayed.

Maintenance

Over time, the meter will begin displaying inaccurate readings.  This will be fairly obvious.  In soil that seems healthy, you might get readings of several hundred mbar.  Don’t be alarmed!  The meter has probably voided of water.

Recalibration procedure:

1. Unscrew the digital display from the ceramic cone.

2. Soak the ceramic cone in water for 15 minutes.

3. Remove cone from water while keeping the cone full of water.

4. Hold the on-button for 3 seconds until “000” is displayed.

5. Screw the digital display back onto the cone.

6. Insert meter into growing medium.  Wait 20-45 minutes.

7. Push on button, and observe the digital display.

Changing the Battery:

1. Using a small Phillips head screwdriver you can unscrew the two plastic halves.

2. Replace the old battery with a new battery (3v CR2032)

Important Notes

Wait until after watering media to let the moisture evenly disperse and stabilize before trusting readings from the meter.

Aim for 100mbar on average in living soil.  Some gardeners report best results at 40mbar–I personally get overwatering symptoms there.  Let mbar readings on your meter be a guide to plant health, not a tyranny that rules your mental peace.

The meter cannot be used in extremely airy or chunky media such as chunky perlite, lava rock, etc.  When the ceramic is in contact with air, the pressure readings will be extremely high.  However, your plant roots may have access to moisture in these media even when the meter is displaying high readings.

Avoid getting the digital display wet.  The silicone cap is highly encouraged in all circumstances, and is completely necessary for outdoor growers as well as those who supplement with any over-the-top watering.

Do not drop or otherwise rattle the display.

Keep the digital display in dry storage when it’s not in use.

If the meter is not performing as it should, and you’ve attempted the re-calibration procedure recommended above, you can also try to reposition the meter in the soil.

More questions? See our full FAQ

How the Blumat Digital Moisture Meter Works

Blumat Digital uses the same natural technology as other Blumat products

01

The soil pulls on the ceramic tip

When the soil is dry, water is drawn out of the tip, creating negative pressure in the plastic tube

02

The amount of pull is shown on the display

The display gives a reading based on the natural pull of the soil. The drier the soil, the higher the reading.

Set up and Operation

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