Bat Guano for Organic Indoor Gardening w/RooRman

[Arising Green]

When I first came across "EWC" I was also like WTF. Then I figured it out...lol

Another question for you (or anyone!)..
Rather than making the tea's, have you ever used the guano's as amendments in your
soil recipe and just gave your plants water throughout the grow? I'm just thinking how nice it would be to throw together a veg and bloom soil recipe providing all necessary nutrients without having to mix or measure up anything else! Seems it can be tricky, but I'd like to know if you ever done this or can offer me any more advice on the method.

Oh and the Guano feeding schedule it came with is very easy to use.

[RooRman]

I usually mix a little into the soil during the first transplant during veg. and the last transplant (after sex is determined) at the beginning of flowering. I use the Mexican and Jamaican varieties accordingly for this.

Bat guano takes quite a long time to break down in the soil, and the tea helps to curtail this amount of time by chelating it. This makes it more readily available to the plants. Bat guano used as a soil amendment will take a LONG time to fully break down, probably more time then your whole typical grow would take.

[Arising Green]

Good to know about the guano's slow time to break down. I will stick to teas.

I've prepared my new, organic soil-mix today in a 20-gallon tote and damped it with
liquid seaweed, molasses, earth ambrosia/nectar and kelp extract. In 2-weeks it'll be
ready for the guano teas...

[HAPPY GRASS]

Thanks for the info, I'm a new grower and I have some bat guano I am going to be using on my grow. I havent read the whole post but so far it has been very informative.

[Heavyherb]

Indonesian Bat Guano (0.5-12-0.2) This type of guano is the ultimate low-nitrogen, high-phosphorus bat guano. It is perfectly suited for the end of the flowering cycle before the final flush.
Whats the final flush??

[RooRman]

Originally Posted by Heavyherb

...Whats the final flush??

The final flush is the period in which we flush the soil with plain water prior to harvest. It flushes the root zone of excess nutrients, and removes salts/impurities left in the soil that we want to avoid having end up in the finished product.

Flushing before harvest is essential to a clean burning and smooth tasting product.

[Heavyherb]

how long is the flush before harvesting the crop? btw thanks for the info I have never grown before

[HAPPY GRASS]

Is the final flush any different from a regular flush like when you go from vegg to bloom?

[RooRman]

Originally Posted by Heavyherb

how long is the flush before harvesting the crop? btw thanks for the info I have never grown before

It will largely depend on how heavily you feed. Typically, two or three flushings during the last week of flowering is sufficient for most organically fed plants.

Do you flush before harvest

Originally Posted by HAPPY GRASS

Is the final flush any different from a regular flush like when you go from vegg to bloom?

Not any different really. It is only "final" because we don't intend on feeding the plants any longer, instead they will be harvested.

[HAPPY GRASS]

Its funny how when I talk about growing to people they think I am a freaking axpert when really you guys are the ones that need the credit, thanks for the info bro.

[WeedyMcWeedWeed]

RooRman, what do you use to hold the guano in the water? or do you just mox it straight in with the warm water? i ask because Southernweed uses fine hair nets to let the guano be absorbed more slowly.