Bat guano

[I.M. Boggled]

MOLASSES...Types & Sugar Content (fyi)
http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?p=263220#post263220

A few more suggested Guano Tea recipes~

Seedlings less than 1 month old nute tea mix:
5 tbs. Black Strap Molasses
1-cup earthworm castings/5 gallons of water every 3rd watering

Veg mix~
1/3 cup Peruvian Seabird Guano (PSG)
1/3 cup High N Bat Guano (Mexican)
1/3 cup Earth Worm Castings (EWC)
5 tsp. Maxicrop 1-0-4 powdered kelp extract
5 tbs. Liquid Karma
5 tbs. Black Strap Molasses
@ 1-cup mix/5 gallons of water every 3rd watering.

Flowering nute tea mix:~
2/3 cup Peruvian Seabird Guano
2/3 cup Earth Worm Castings
2/3 cup High P Guano (Indonesian or Jamaican)
5 tbs. Maxicrop 1-0-4 powdered kelp extract
5 tbs. Black Strap Molasses
@ 2 cups/5 gallons of water EVERY watering.
Technique description:
You can use queen size knee high nylon stockings for tea bags.
3 pair for a dollar at the dollar store.
Put the recommended tea in the stocking, tie a loop knot in it and hang it in your tea bucket.
The tea should look like a mud puddle.
Agitate the bag in the water vigorously.
An aquarium pump and air stone will dissolve oxygen into the solution and keep the good bacteria (microherd) alive and thriving.
Let it bubble a day or two before you use it.

 

[Guest]

I use the Budswell guano liquid and it works wonders.

 

[Cheeba]

Would using Bat Guano give you "tastier" buds? Just wondering if it would give it a sweeter taste

 

[I.M. Boggled]

Guanos do tend to enhance the taste and aroma,
it's a beautiful thing

 

[lumbo]

For tea, some people use a teabag. Me, I just pour it into a five-gallon bucket (mr. Soul's recipes), bubble it overnight and pour it on the plants. After a couple of times, I dump the solids out on my compost pile and start over again. It's no crime if you get some of the solids into your plants' soil--it's mostly just sand and partially digested fish bones by that point.

I will also keep a batch bubbling for a week or two after the first application. Sometimes I add more water to whatever is left in the bucket and bubble that for the next watering. It doesn't hurt to juice the depleted tea up with some more worm castings & molassas. This gets into "freelance" territory and is based on experience rather than a tried-and-true method I can easily describe. Best to stick with the established recipes until you become comfortable with the stuff.

Having said that, I would echo an earlier post suggesting using 1/2-strength guano portions at first. As they say, it's a lot easier to correct an underfert problem than an overfert one. And bat guano is strong stuff.

 

[Closet Funk]

I think guano is the ultimate flower booster in cannabis. I mixes some Indonesian Bat Guano at the bottom of my pots and feed plants with a tea. With the guano being mixed at the bottom the roots get a treat for flowering. I noticed the my buds are alot fatter since using the guano. The tea seems to work good too. What can I say I love this shit (literally!)

 

[the couch]

Any advice on the amount of guano to add to a flowering soil mix with no other significant P source? (high P guano)

I'm about to finish a grow that was fed mainly teas of worm castings,0-12-1 guano, molasses and kelp. But I was never able to get enough P to the plant, started seeing potassium def. about half way through bloom. Was feeding as strong as 3TBS/gal of guano in the tea (sitting for 2+ days with air). I'm going to be growing the same cuttings again, so i'm thinking it will be better to mix the guano into the soil this time and feed less with teas.
Any suggestions? I've read 1tbs/gallon of soil is good, i'm thinking this is too weak? bat-guano.com seems to suggest 10-15% of the total soil mix, but that seems like a lot to me!

 

[Closet Funk]

Mix your guano at the bottom of your pots. I mixed guano and some bone meal together at the bottom and the buds seem to swell up with this. Last grow I didn't do this and the buds were alot smaller. I'd say plants use the most phosphorus around the middle of flower. The use alot to start flowering but use even more when they start filling in. With the guano in the soil at the bottom the roots go for the P in the mix and use it. This is the good thing about organics. The plants use what they need. Feed plants with a mild guano tea too to give it alittler more P. If you notice some burning then back off on the tea because the soil has enough for the plant to take in. Mixing wise go with a half of tablespoon at the bottom of pots depending on size. If the pots are bigger then go with a tablespoon. With the tea use a tablespoon per gallon of water. Mix and let it sit for a few days before using. Shake before using.

 

[Guest]

When I use to brew I used the following -

Veg -

Super Tea
Earth Juice Catalyst
Kelp Meal

Flower -

Budswell
Earth Juice Catalyst
Kelp Meal

It worked fine, I just got tired of brewing.

 

[coolx]

IMB - Thx for the recipe (the PSG, EWC, BG, kelp, molasses, LK). I've been using it and the plants loooove it! One Q - why isn't the LK used in the flower mix? I thought the LK was to help the microherd get going

 

[Guest 10952]

I used a liquid based one from Guano Co. Stuff worked great. Made the buds a lil tastier too. Love that stuff.

 

[bostrom155]

tag

 

[Bulletproof]

Hi, I was thinking of buying the liquid budswel, it seems the bagged one is 0-7-0, but if you look at the label on the liquid one it says 0.01-0.10-0.01, which is barely a fert? So what's the deal with that?

 

[Guest]

Bulletproof, the NPK numbers are percentages, so if you add water to them to make a liquid fert, the percentage of N, P and K go down.

I've heard great things about Budswel but have never shelled out the cash for it myself.

 

[I.M. Boggled]

Just say "Yo to Guano!"

Just say "Yo to Guano!"

Growing With Guano (Good Growing Method Article By Soma)

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Organic Gold - Guano Guide by 3LB
http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=34056

The use of manure in agriculture is an age-old and time-honored tradition.
Manure has been used as a soil amendment and fertilizer since before mankind first began recording words and symbols in writing.
Scientists as prominent as Carl Sagan have suggested that the very first cultivated agricultural crop was likely cannabis.
It’s possible that the mingling of manure and marijuana goes all the way back to the very beginning of mankind's attempts to grow crops for a purpose, rather than surviving by simple hunting and gathering.

 

[Neptune]

good shit!

Earth Juice makes some wonderful organic products, I daresay they are the leader in liquid teas. All of their products are OUTRAGEOUSLY GOOD!

Making your own is easy, and can be done in large comerical applications. It does save you money too!

 

[CaptJamesTKirk]

Interesting read.

I've used guano as a supliment for 5 years - both for veg and flower - never goes toxic and I've not had the burn problems that stronger ferts can cause.

I use 1 Tbls in a 1/2 gallon with a few drops of Dawn dish soap as a sufficant - let that sit for a day or three - or four - - just shake the "shit" out of the jug to keep the liquid aireated. When needed - I top the jug off with water to the 1 gallon mark and pH adjust to low to mid 6 range - wait till they are thirsty and add generiously.

 

[icky420]

I have just looked over this whole thread and I find 1 thing different form what I do. After mixing and brewing whatever mix, I feed the raw mix to them. I dont dont dilute 1tbp Mix:1gal Water. They have no problem with this. By everyones discription my plants should be DEAD. Any input on that?