pH Kits and Supplies

available from
OSU Soils Club

Separate pH kits are available for Western Oregon and for Eastern Oregon. Each kit contains:

  • three 40 ml bottles of dye
  • three color cards
  • a spot plate
  • and instructions
The Western Oregon kit covers the pH range from 3.8 to 7. It includes one 40 ml bottle of each of the following dyes:
  • Bromocresol Green
  • Chlorophenol Red
  • Bromthymol Blue
The Eastern Oregon kit covers the pH range from 6.0 to 9.6. It includes one 40 ml bottle of each of the following dyes:
  • Bromthymol Blue
  • Phenol Red
  • Thymol Blue

The following dyes are available in bulk quantities and as replacement supplies for the pH kits:

Bromocresol Green - pH 3.8 - 5.4   Bromthymol Blue - pH 6.0 - 7.6
Chlorophenal Red - pH 5.2 - 6.9   Phenol Red - pH 6.8 - 8.4
Cresol Red - pH 7.2 - 8.8   Thymol Blue - pH 8.0 - 9.6

When ordering dyes and color cards separately, please indicate specific name (e.g. Chlorophenol Red).
Unless otherwise requested orders will be shipped via UPS.

  Item Price

pH Kit    
  Western Oregon $20.00
  Eastern Oregon $20.00
Dye*    
  500 ml bottle $12.00
  250 ml bottle $ 8.00
  125 ml bottle $ 6.00
  40 ml bottle $ 3.00
Spot Plates, each $ 5.00
Color Cards, each $ 3.00

*Refills: You will be credited $.50 for each bottle returned clean enough to refill and send back to you (clean means rinsed and dried).

For phone orders/inquiries, please call:

Extension Soil Science, 541-737-5712.

Mail orders to:

OSU Soils Club
Oregon State University
Department of Crop and Soil Science
3017 Ag & Life Science Building
Corvallis, OR 97331-7306

Please make checks payable to: OSU Soils Club

Allow 2-4 weeks for shipment