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Post by michaeljohnson on Mar 19, 2009 0:47:03 GMT -5
I have just bought a small bag of pure Bat Guano, harvested in Indonesia from the famous Bat caves there,
Looking at it as a whole it looks like a pure small granulated reddish coloured substance, it says on the label that it is a bit higher in nitrogen than most manures, together with lots of other substances in it,plus high micro biological elements.
Looks good stuff-smells a bit iffy, has anyone had any experiences of using it on anything, maybe a small handfull sprinkled round tomato roots at about midway growth might help a bit. any info would be usefull.
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Post by Alan on Mar 23, 2009 19:29:55 GMT -5
Yep, used bat guano many times, mostly the fossilized guano from indonesia but also fresh local bat guano from an attic. It is a wonderful fertilizer for veggies that don't come in contact with the ground (in the case of fresh guano).
A little bit goes a long way and about 2/5 the way through the growing cycle provides lots of nitrogen and micronutrients for plants. I usually only use it in container plants and particularly with my Salvia Divinoru. Give it a go....sparingly!
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Post by michaeljohnson on Mar 24, 2009 2:15:01 GMT -5
Thanks Alan, that's very useful information, I will follow your advice.
Makes you wonder how the higher nitrogen gets into it from the insects they eat, as I wasn't aware that insects had a lot of nitro in them.-curios.
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Post by johno on Mar 24, 2009 12:19:36 GMT -5
Insects and all life in general are made up mostly of protein, which more or less equals nitrogen.
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Post by maricybele on Mar 21, 2010 1:35:21 GMT -5
When handling bat guano, I would definitely wear a mask or respirator due to Cryptococcosis and Histoplasmosis. I saw something on the news a few years back about a woman who bought a house with bats in the attic and she got very sick from the bat guano.
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Post by rockguy on Mar 21, 2010 19:21:53 GMT -5
Not to be hijacking, but the thought about insects being high in N reminded me I used to set a 5-gal bucket under an outdoor light I had. Put it half full of water and a drop of plain soap. It would catch and drown a 4-5 inch layer of moths every night. The chickens loved them. Adult moths, (or at least the females) are full of protein from the eggs they're about to lay.
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Post by Alan on Mar 21, 2010 20:57:15 GMT -5
Excellent advice Rock Guy!
I noticed today that the bats were out this evening and that they seem to be circling my bat boxes out of curiosity.
Here is to hoping they decide to inhabit the nursery boxes this year and I get a fantastic harvest of Bat Guano as it is one of the prime nutrient providers on my little farm.
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Post by steev on Nov 23, 2010 19:50:46 GMT -5
Twice around the gas-station I stop at to/from the farm in the Summer, there have been huge hatches of rice flies. The last time I decided that I'm going to make a practice of keeping several plastic jugs and a large funnel in the truck, because when these insects are swarming, they're attracted by the lights, and run off the truck like streams of water, easy to funnel into a jug in quantity. Bat poo nitrogen fertilizer without the middle-critter.
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Post by Alan on Nov 24, 2010 19:47:56 GMT -5
Innovation! Seems to be the key to most sustainable farming methods.
Since I've been rebuilding our old tobacco barn I decided to move the bathouses to the southwest facing corner of the barn, about 15 feet up in the air. I'm hoping to get them to heavily inhabit the boxes next season, if they do I will put up more boxes.
While working on the barn I found a previously used roost inside and harvested about a four gallon bucket of guano.
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Post by steev on Jun 2, 2011 21:34:46 GMT -5
Every time I notice this thread, I'm reminded of "Doctor Strangelove" and Colonel 'Bat' Guano. Sorry, I just couldn't hold it any longer.
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Post by mnjrutherford on Jun 3, 2011 5:24:30 GMT -5
Doctor Strangelove and Colonel Bat Guano? Where did/does that come from? Old TV I'm thinking?
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Post by grunt on Jun 3, 2011 10:29:26 GMT -5
Do a google search on Doctor Strangelove = Peter Sellers in a spoofy cold war film.
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Post by mnjrutherford on Jun 3, 2011 16:32:26 GMT -5
ah HA! LOL, played by Keenan Wynn  |
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