Bat guano

Skeggöx

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I couldn't find high P bat guano or seabird guano. All they had was 7-3-1. Should I not use this in my flower mix?
 

green_machine_two9er

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I’ve heard rumors of the great guano shortage.

personally I’ve never seen great results from guano in soils in any form. Better used as a tea or supplement too dress in a pinch.
 

Skeggöx

Active Member
I’ve heard rumors of the great guano shortage.

personally I’ve never seen great results from guano in soils in any form. Better used as a tea or supplement too dress in a pinch.
I was just fixing to mix up my shit and seen a bunch of these in my pro mix I just purchased. Should I scrap the bale?
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PadawanWarrior

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I was just fixing to mix up my shit and seen a bunch of these in my pro mix I just purchased. Should I scrap the bale?
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Looks like a rove beetle which is your friend. A closeup would help.

And you don't need guano. I've been experimenting with it, but you don't need it. There's lot of ways to get P. Fish bone meal works good too.

With the guanos. I've noticed the seabird guano is pretty hot. I haven't noticed the bat guanos being as hot. Bat guano's kinda controversial, and I get it. Seabird guano is renewable, so there's no problem with that, but I do have both.
 

Skeggöx

Active Member
Looks like a rove beetle which is your friend. A closeup would help.

And you don't need guano. I've been experimenting with it, but you don't need it. There's lot of ways to get P. Fish bone meal works good too.

With the guanos. I've noticed the seabird guano is pretty hot. I haven't noticed the bat guanos being as hot. Bat guano's kinda controversial, and I get it. Seabird guano is renewable, so there's no problem with that.
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T.H.Cammo

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I couldn't find high P bat guano or seabird guano. All they had was 7-3-1. Should I not use this in my flower mix?
I'm aware this thread is a little old, but nobody really addressed the OP's question about Bat Guano. There are essentially two kinds of Bat Guano; it depnds on the diet that is consumed by that species of bat. Mexican Freetail bats (and most all American species) are "Insect Eaters", therefore they produce a "High N guano". In Asia the bats are considerably larger and are "Fruit Eaters", that diet produces "High P guano".

You said you couldn't find it, maybe you were just looking for the wrong thing - or maybe your store just doesn't carry it. Try a Google search for "Indonesian Bat Guano". It is about 3 or 4 times as expensive as "Mexican Bat Guano", but check out those NPK numbers!
 
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