Plant Sap Sodium Meter

Excessive sodium in the plant can be a response to water supply problems or it can reflect the misuse and abuse of salt-based fertilisers. Either way, the ability to monitor sodium problems is important. Pro-activity is only possible with a sound monitoring program.

The Plant Sap Sodium Meter accurately measures the amount of sodium in the plant at any stage of the crop cycle. The increasing salinity of many irrigation sources and the build-up of sodium through the use of high sodium chemical fertilisers can sometimes create plant health problems.

The sodium meter can identify any potential problems at the onset. If sodium base saturation percentages exceed potassium base saturation in the soil, the plant will begin to take up sodium instead of potassium. The Plant Sap Sodium Meter, used in conjunction with the Plant Sap Potassium Meter, allows early diagnosis of these problems to facilitate rapid correction.

Benefits

• Only a few drops of test solution are required for a measurement.
• The unit automatically switches between 1 (0-99 ppm), x10 (100-990 ppm), and x100 (1000-9990 ppm).
• It has an estimated deviation of +/-0.2. The sample temperature must lie with the 5-35ºC range. It is generally accepted that Horiba ion meters will be within 5% accuracy of traditional leaf testing techniques.

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