Anyone ever try cricket poop?

A guy that lives down the road from me owns a bait and tackle store, we were talking the other day and he was gonna get me some worm castings on his next route, well the next day he came by and brought me 5 gal bucket full of cricket poop because his worm guy didnt have any castings ready to haul off at the time, anyways it'll be next week before castings arrive, but he told me that the cricket poop was a great organic fert. and he could get me all I wanted every week. I look it up on the net and it seems that its approx. 4-2-2. Well back to my question, does anyone have any experiance useing cricket poop and if so, how did it perform and how much to use?
Thanks
Jimmy

I'd use it. Wouldn't think twice about it.

Jiminy crickets

i want to try cricket poop

Ugghh, used to breed those things for my lizards. Boy, did they stink! You might try growing any old annual flower in the stuff, just to see how hot it is and how much it needs to composted/aged.

jimmyl82 said:

A guy that lives down the road from me owns a bait and tackle store, we were talking the other day and he was gonna get me some worm castings on his next route, well the next day he came by and brought me 5 gal bucket full of cricket poop because his worm guy didnt have any castings ready to haul off at the time, anyways it'll be next week before castings arrive, but he told me that the cricket poop was a great organic fert. and he could get me all I wanted every week. I look it up on the net and it seems that its approx. 4-2-2. Well back to my question, does anyone have any experiance useing cricket poop and if so, how did it perform and how much to use?
Thanks
Jimmy

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the NPK seems good.
im jealous.
i would use a tablespoon per gallon of dirt the first time, also try brewing a tea with it (same dosage) .
please let us know how it works!
PS, what does it look like?

I tried it once, it was very hard to keep lit

to bitter for my taste

I breed em for my reptile collection. I ammend at 1/4 cup per gallon of soil and love the results.. But as mentioned its a fuckin gross smelling route to take lol. But if u can get it for free hell yeah dude do it up

The funny thing about the smell is once you separate the little turds from the rest of the bedding and stuff it really has no smell. When the guy brought me the first batch, which was about a 15 gal. container it was just the bottom of a large cricket cage that was cleaned out and it was full of dead crickets, bedding and chicken feed pieces and it stunk somethine fierce (almost made the wife hurl), so I went and got a cheap collander and sifted it so all I had was the turds, buried the rest and bout all the smell was gone. I made a batch of tea useing two cups to a five gal. bucket/ aerated for 24hrs. and applied to a part of a flower bed and a part of the yard just to see what happens, we'll see what results I get from there. I've got four three week olds that I'm fixing to go plant out in the sunshine and was trying to get an idea how much to mix in with the dirt in the hole, if any.
Thanks for any input,
Jimmy

id like some if anyone knows where to buy it.

http://www.cricketpoo.com/
Shizz, here's one place on the net. that sells it. Or you can search "cricket poop fertilizer" and there are a few others.
Jimmy

2 cups dried to 1.5 cu ft of soil, its probibbly the best all natural fert you can use it wont burn you crop, only half of the nitrogen is soluble the other half is slow release much like bat guano

I tried cricket poop one grow ago. Plants finished great...... excellent smoke. Only issue I had was ever since then at times I chirp and have an overwhelming urge to flex my legs and jump Ole lady dont dig the chrping thing. LOL

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I tried cricket poop one grow ago. Plants finished great...... excellent smoke. Only issue I had was ever since then at times I chirp and have an overwhelming urge to flex my legs and jump Ole lady dont dig the chrping thing. LOL

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Get here to eat you to can both rub legs and chirp together.

Ok this is an old thread but I found this on clearance sale at a local garden shop It normally sells for $8 per 1Lb but I got it for $1.

So have any of you guys tried cricket frass on your grows in the past 6 years? For $1 I may go back and get the other 3 bags they had left.

The directions say it can be used as a top dressing, a foliar spray and mixed in the soil.


Cricket Chit is made up of cricket droppings, which makes it a great all-natural fertilizer for all of your plants. Cricket Chit has one of the highest nitrogen levels of any other type of frass on the market. Cricket Chit also contains billions of naturally occurring beneficial bacteria.

• 4.5-2-2
• 1 lb bag
• Can be used on flowers, vegetables, and hydroponics
• For best results work into soil and water

Cut and paste from online label.
4.5-2-2 Guaranteed Analysis Total Nitrogen (N).................................................4.5% 0.2% Ammoniacal Nitrogen 3.0% Water Insoluble Nitrogen* 1.3% Other Water Soluble Nitrogen Available Phosphate (P2O5)...............................2.0% Soluble Potash (K2O)............................................2.0% Derived from: Herbivore insect frass. *3.0% slowly available nitrogen from herbivore insect frass. F1879 Information regarding the contents and levels of metals in this product is available on the internet at http://www.aapfco.org/metals.htm Product Usage: Cricket Chit is made up of cricket droppings , which makes it a great all-natural fertilizer for all of your plants. Directions For Use: Product can be applied every 3 weeks. For best results work into soil and water. For New Plants: mix 3/4 cup per 1 to 2 gallons of soil when planting. For Existing Plants: sprinkle 3/4 cup around base of plant, gently work into soil. For Flower Beds: Mix into soil about 1lb per 100 sq ft area. For Hydroponics: 1/2 cup per gallon water. Keep pH within 5.5-6.5. For best results use organic acids (vinegar, lemon juce, peat tea). If using RO water, supplement Calcium & Iron. Keep your reservoir in aerobic conditions. NOTE: Store in original container in a cool, dry place. Do not reuse container. PLEASE RECYCLE. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN CAUTION: May cause eye irritation. If in eyes, rinse thoroughly with water for 15 minutes. Seek medical attention if irritation persists. Harmful if swallowed. Avoid breathing dust

I have used insect frass in my soil mix. The chitin is supposed to illicit an immune response from the plant and supposedly create more trichomes, resin, etc. I can't say that I've really noticed a difference, but I wouldn't think it could hurt.