GUANO A FORM OF MANURE

[Peace perfect peace]

Greatings food growers,
Ive been sorting out making my guano pellet's into a powder (using an old food blender i keep in the greenhouse)

It was while i was doing this blending i thought i wonder if any of our new to gardening folk know about this form of slow acting plant food?

Guano is simply bird defication (bird manure)
Birds pass all their waste (urination and solid through the same passage and so these form of manure are high in Lime and very strong
So you dont need a lot to do a good job as a base fertilizer.
It's slow acting and is ideal for planting shrubs/tree's and to help improve soil,

You can just apply the guano in pellet form or as i do powder it.

 

[Chuck]

Yes, guano is well known here. It is just too expensive to use. A one pound bag costs about $10 here. Maybe if someone only had a few plants it might be worthwhile but in my garden just too much money.

 

[Peace perfect peace]

Yes, guano is well known here. It is just too expensive to use. A one pound bag costs about $10 here. Maybe if someone only had a few plants it might be worthwhile but in my garden just too much money.

Hi Chuck,
Yes but you only need a small amount to go a long way,
It really is good stuff, How about letting your loved one know what you'd really really like for your birthday

 

[Chuck]

Hi Chuck,
Yes but you only need a small amount to go a long way,
It really is good stuff, How about letting your loved one know what you'd really really like for your birthday

I appreciate your thoughts but when I can get 40# of organic pelleted chicken manure for 18$, even if I only used a tablespoon per plant of bat guano when it is recommended at 1 lb per 100 sq feet that is real expensive. And especially when my garden is a little under 1/4 acre or a little over 10,000 sq feet that would be $1000. I might as well buy everything at the grocery store. Bat guano is the only type we have here. No seabird or seal. Where do they get seal guano? It must be some job following a seal around all day.

P.S. I would much rather have a tiller. I'm getting too old for a shovel.