Liquid Bat Guano?

Anyone using it? What brand? I'm planning out a purchase. So far the only two products I've really developed any interest in is Roots Organics HP2 and this stuff called Batwana Bloom by Farmer John's Organic Fertilizer.

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Just thought I'd share a few of the videos. Just goes to show how serious they are, a little goofy too haha.

What do you think? Would you try it out?

I use Budswel yellow and HPK from Roots. I just started using the HPK, but it seems to do well. I do love the Budswel though for sure.

That's the dry Budswel right? I've used it for top dressing and AACT in the past but that's about it.

check my grow, I'm using hpk, hp2, buddha bloom, and a home made rabbit manure tea. as well as trinity once a week. been feeding daily.

and also buddha bloom essentially has everything you need to give you the same effect as 'budswell'.

PetFlora said:

Why pay for water? Buy the dry and make your own liquid. You will need to strain it and dilute it to your plants needs. Simple

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I keep it simple. Brewing the tea is just another step that I really don't want to deal with. I've had great success with the liquid, so why mess with it if it's not broken. The liquid works right into my schedule.

yeah brewing teas and fermented extracts isn't for everyone, but man it is rewarding.

I use budswel from the guano company. I use Liquid & the solid stuff.

You don't have to brew the guano with an air-stone or anything, you can just mix it into water and agitate while you apply. Pelleted guano like Peruvian Seabird you just have to let sit for an hour so the pellets break down. The only thing is raw guano is easier to over do. The fact that bottled liquid guano is diluted and thus has a lower NPK makes it a bit safer.

If you were to use raw guano you could just mix into water at half strength, though.

I use liquid seaweed to great effect, same principle I think.

Nullis said:

You don't have to brew the guano with an air-stone or anything, you can just mix it into water and agitate while you apply. Pelleted guano like Peruvian Seabird you just have to let sit for an hour so the pellets break down. The only thing is raw guano is easier to over do. The fact that bottled liquid guano is diluted and thus has a lower NPK makes it a bit safer.

If you were to use raw guano you could just mix into water at half strength, though.

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depends...

there's two different kinds of liquid fertilizer.

aerated compost tea = bubbling, more active bacteria, decent amount of nutrients available right away, most are slowly available.

fermented extract = sit, agitate daily, when no bubbles when agitated then it's done fermenting. much more potent, no active bacteria, and if you apply lacto bacilli it catalyzes with all this to make the nutrients more actively available.

I have not messed with the guonos yet but next year for sure! I am diggin organics already!

PetFlora said:

Why pay for water? Buy the dry and make your own liquid. You will need to strain it and dilute it to your plants needs. Simple

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If I could find a 100% water soluble source of guano, believe me I'd be all over it. Maybe someone can find it?

Liquid solutions increase the rate at which microbes break down organic compounds in the guano and release them in a bioavailable form (release rates). It's like a liquid organic diet.

poplars said:

depends...

there's two different kinds of liquid fertilizer.

aerated compost tea = bubbling, more active bacteria, decent amount of nutrients available right away, most are slowly available.

fermented extract = sit, agitate daily, when no bubbles when agitated then it's done fermenting. much more potent, no active bacteria, and if you apply lacto bacilli it catalyzes with all this to make the nutrients more actively available.

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My point is you don't really have to do either of those. You can simply mix guano with water and apply immediately, or top dress with it and then water. Much of the nutrients are already in plant available form; the NPK will list how much of the N is soluble and how much is insoluble, but for P\K it usually only lists the available P and soluble K content.