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Sat, Feb 23, 13 at 19:53
| What's the difference between a soil and compost thermometer other than the length of the stem? Could I just buy a compost thermometer (for the longer stem) and use it to test temperature of my soil? |
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| As I understand it, yes you can. Temp is temp. Now... you wouldn't want to use an oven thermometer to measure soil temperature, as you'd be taking a measurement at the extreme end of the thermometer's range (and thus inaccurate), but a compost thermo that goes down to 50 or so should be dandy. |
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| Soil and compost thermometers are one and the same thing, although some "compost" thermometers may have a longer probe. Your meat thermometer, if its temperature range went low enough, could be used for that purpose. |
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