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Homes & Gardens
Drew Swainston

How to Use Bat Guano as Fertilizer – 2 Ways to Use this Organic Feed Safely and Give Plants a Boost

Hosta's, irises, and more growing in terracotta pots around a wooden garden building.

Bat guano, or bat droppings, is an organic fertilizer that can boost soil nutrients and help you have stronger plants. There are many benefits to using bat guano as fertilizer, but there are also concerns and scare stories.

The natural fertilizer has been used for centuries in farming and is still used today by organic gardeners and farmers. Thankfully, it is now available as a pre-formulated dried fertilizer, so you don’t need to venture deep into caves to collect it yourself. These products are used as a soil amendment, added as a top dressing, or turned into a liquid guano tea.

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