Premium Compost or Soil Thermometer with 20" Stainless Steel Stem

Very useful tool for outdoor farmers and especially organic farmers (like us).We mainly use this thermometer for testing soil temperatures in spring time, it helps us with timing the planting of our outdoor crops - as to insure the ground isn't too cold. (Depending on how deep your roots will first be set/planted dictates the depth your thermometer should be testing.)This unit also works great for temping compost (We temp our composts sections at different times throughout the year to help test the decomposition reaction rates/points and testing in early spring to insure it's ready for May/June.)

Seems to work good....i keep a plastic cup over the dial so rain doesnt get into it...just cause i had problems with water getting into my soil moisture gaiges in the past....i like to keep it in the pile so i can check the temp whenever i walk by that area of the property.....its helping me to understand how my pile "works" .I only stir and add to it every three weeks....hottest temps in pile are usually 2weeks after the stir and add and are reaching 125° F for several days. Before and after it stays between 100-110....sxcept for after the rain which lowers it to 80....

I have been using this thermometer for a little over a month now. It is working great so far. It is simple, accurate and sturdy. It is very easy to use and reaches to very near the center of my compost piles. For my purposes, it is great! My old thermometer was too short. I really like not having to dig in the pile every time I want to check the temperature. This thermometer was reasonably priced at around $18 and works as it should.

Till now I was only able to guess if my heap was getting hot enough, by the speed in which it was breaking down. With the purchase of the thermometer I know have peace of mind knowing my compost is reaching the desired temperature of 130-150 degrees to kill unwanted seeds and bad pathogens. A few years ago I adopted the permaculture way of gardening "feed the soil, not the plants" which requires a lot more compost and other organic materials. I was very disappointed with the compost I purchased in bulk to fill new raised beds. Not only was it still green and unusable for some time, it did not have the same color and richness of the compost I was creating at home. I now have 2 piles and this year I was able to secure enough resources to start a third. The thermometer is the best tool to let me know if I need to make adjustments such as water or need to add more nitrogen to reach and keep my piles at the desired temperatures.

It never worked since it arrived, and years later still isn't working. Go elsewhere and pay the price for a product not made in China

Arrived super fast and was well packaged. Nice chart on the side explaining soil temps. A no brainer to use. Appears well made. Time will tell.

I liked it the most cuz it's nice and long you can get way down in your compost and it tells you if you're hot enough or what you need to do for beginner like me you can get on their website and they'll also teach you what you need to do

I have not yet achieved composting nirvana but I’m a lot closer thanks to this thermometer.I take the temps of my piles 1-2 times a week usually and it just answers a lot of the unknowns for me as I’m still developing my composting “instincts.”If I get a less than 100 degree reading I usually know what the main suspect is based on recent rainfall, personal laziness by not turning the piles, or whats gone into them as far as browns vs greens AND size of the material (size is often my issue as cutting a leaf into 5 pieces or more gets a bit old occasionally lol).After addressing the suspected issue I can see if I was right the next day by checking for increased temp.Now that I can test and improve my methods I’ve got both piles 110-120 degrees and am learning a lot.If you are in the US market but insist on reading the temp in Celcius this is also the thermometer for you. It has no Celcius reading so that way it’ll force you to stop being so annoying about resisting regional variants in preferred units of measurement.