Guano is accumulated excrement of seabirds or bats. It's an excellent organic fertilizer having a combination of macro and micro nutrients essential for healthy plant growth , micro organisms that help with soil improvement, and organic matter.
Nutrients
Bat guano typically contains the nutrients required by plants to be healthy, including nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, magnesium, calcium, and others.
Soil Improvement
By helping to hold together loose soil and making dense soils lighter bat guano can improve soil texture.
Microbial Action
Bat guano contains beneficial microbes that have bioremediation capabilities, helping to cleanse toxic soils.
Fungicide and insecticide
Bat guano tends to act as a fungicide in the soil, decomposing fungi along with other organic material, thereby helping to keep plants healthy and disease-free.
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Common Applications of Guano
Agriculture
Flowers and Gardening
Turf management
Guano is often used for Home and Garden, on grass and turf management or in food crop production. Due to it’s qualities in improving the soil, guano is often used in combination with other fertilizers such as cow and chicken manure, or even synthetic fertilizers.