VIDEO: How to calibrate METER soil moisture sensors

Watch the video for step-by-step instructions on how to perform METER soil moisture sensor calibrations.

This video shows a step-by-step demonstration of METER soil sensor calibration method A (which is recommended for higher accuracy). It's a method based on weighing the entire calibration sample.

Written instructions

Written instructions are located here. Please contact support to download the calibration spreadsheet.

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