Bat Guano in a DWC setup?

William west · Feb 27, 2015

Hey can anyone out there let me know if it's okay to add bat guano straight in my dwc buckets? It's full of sediment and I'm really unsure about its use as a nitrogen additive to my water. Help! Any advice would be greatly appreciated

firsttimeARE · Feb 27, 2015

Generally organics and hydro dont mix. I wouldnt do it.

William west · Feb 27, 2015

firsttimeARE said:
Generally organics and hydro dont mix. I wouldnt do it.

Thanks man. I was thinking the same thing. Just saw a buddy of mine do it in his aero setup and thought it looked odd to me. He swears by it but I don't see the benefits. Thanks.

Vumar · Mar 2, 2015

It works but it is messy. Fox Farm sells a liquid organic fert thats nice too but too messy for me to use in hydro.

BruceBudz · Mar 6, 2015

It sticks to everything, your air line your air stone and the sides of the bucket.It will clog your air stone fast.

hydroMD · Mar 6, 2015

William west said:
Hey can anyone out there let me know if it's okay to add bat guano straight in my dwc buckets? It's full of sediment and I'm really unsure about its use as a nitrogen additive to my water. Help! Any advice would be greatly appreciated

You can do it, but dont add the sediment straight to your buckets.

IF you decide to do it, consider the following method-

Throw it in some pantyhose and soak it in an aerated res. with plenty of circulation. (Air stone and pump). Wait a day or two.

When its ready turn the pump and air stone off (remove pump from res now) and wait half hour-hour until any escaped sediment has had a chance to settle.

Submerge your pump just above the surface of your tea and take the clean water from the top into alternate res; or if you have a larger res it can be easier to gently vacuum the sediment off the bottom into a smaller container . If this takes too long, you probably needed more circulation.

This Will cause minimal 'plaque' build up.

Not a bad idea to keep res temps down using organics in dwc

William west · Mar 6, 2015

BruceBudz said:
It sticks to everything, your air line your air stone and the sides of the bucket.It will clog your air stone fast.

Thanks man. I figured that it would.

BruceBudz · Mar 6, 2015

hydroMD said:
You can do it, but dont add the sediment straight to your buckets.

IF you decide to do it, consider the following method-

Throw it in some pantyhose and soak it in an aerated res. with plenty of circulation. (Air stone and pump). Wait a day or two.

When its ready turn the pump and air stone off (remove pump from res now) and wait half hour-hour until any escaped sediment has had a chance to settle.

Submerge your pump just above the surface of your tea and take the clean water from the top into alternate res; or if you have a larger res it can be easier to gently vacuum the sediment off the bottom into a smaller container . If this takes too long, you probably needed more circulation.

This Will cause minimal 'plaque' build up.

Not a bad idea to keep res temps down using organics in dwc

This gave me an great idea. Maybe you could answer me if it might work. What if you were to take an old coffee maker and fill it with bat guano with a coffee filter. Then turn that baby ON and let her brew. 15 min later you got a highly concentrated, sediment free bat poop tea. Let it cool and add to res.

hydroMD · Mar 6, 2015

BruceBudz said:
This gave me an great idea. Maybe you could answer me if it might work. What if you were to take an old coffee maker and fill it with bat guano with a coffee filter. Then turn that baby ON and let her brew. 15 min later you got a highly concentrated, sediment free bat poop tea. Let it cool and add to res.

Dont see why it wouldn't, but if you have any size to your system your gonna be brewing a lotta cups of shit

BruceBudz · Mar 6, 2015

hydroMD said:
Dont see why it wouldn't, but if you have any size to your system your gonna be brewing a lotta cups of shit

Good point. It could be prime for 2-4 buckets. Hmmm maby one day ill try it..

William west · Mar 6, 2015

BruceBudz said:
This gave me an great idea. Maybe you could answer me if it might work. What if you were to take an old coffee maker and fill it with bat guano with a coffee filter. Then turn that baby ON and let her brew. 15 min later you got a highly concentrated, sediment free bat poop tea. Let it cool and add to res.

William west · Mar 6, 2015

I did that with adding boiling water to my fert res using a handful of Jamaican guano, some granulated myco and a handful of earthworm castings then ph'd to 5.7. I let it sit overnight with the lid off so it could cool. I use a 2.2 gallon water cooler with a spout at the bottom so I can fill 1 gallon jugs. It works so good.

William west · Mar 6, 2015

William west said:
I did that with adding boiling water to my fert res using a handful of Jamaican guano, some granulated myco and a handful of earthworm castings then ph'd to 5.7. I let it sit overnight with the lid off so it could cool. I use a 2.2 gallon water cooler with a spout at the bottom so I can fill 1 gallon jugs. It works so good.

Oh I put all that into a pantyhose of course. Still let sediment though. But very little.

BruceBudz · Mar 6, 2015

William west said:
I did that with adding boiling water to my fert res using a handful of Jamaican guano, some granulated myco and a handful of earthworm castings then ph'd to 5.7. I let it sit overnight with the lid off so it could cool. I use a 2.2 gallon water cooler with a spout at the bottom so I can fill 1 gallon jugs. It works so good.

William west said:
Oh I put all that into a pantyhose of course. Still let sediment though. But very little.

IM gonna try it my next grow. I use Advanced Nute Line now.

William west · Mar 6, 2015

BruceBudz said:
IM gonna try it my next grow. I use Advanced Nute Line now.

Man I stick to the cheap stuff that works just as good. I use TechnaFlora brand.

William west · Mar 6, 2015

William west said:
Man I stick to the cheap stuff that works just as good. I use TechnaFlora brand.

I get some pretty amazing results. But I also high stress train and top aggressively too.

William west · Mar 6, 2015

William west said:
I get some pretty amazing results. But I also high stress train and top aggressively too.

My autos end up looking like regs when they bud. I'll post some picks of my white widow strain when I get ready to harvest.

William west · Mar 6, 2015

I trained these two ww last night and they bounced back by this morning when I went to check on them.

William west · Mar 6, 2015

She's got bud sites all over the place. The hormones in cannabis divert all the energy to the top of the plant. So the idea of hst by bending the branches til they snap over lets those lil popcorn buds grow like top colas. It's pretty amazing stuff.

BruceBudz · Mar 6, 2015

William west said:
She's got bud sites all over the place. The hormones in cannabis divert all the energy to the top of the plant. So the idea of hst by bending the branches til they snap over lets those lil popcorn buds grow like top colas. It's pretty amazing stuff.

My Cindy 99 Monster Cropped. I also did some LST. They are day 40 in flower here.

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