How to Use Bat Guano as a Fertilizer: Soil Conditioner, Fungicide, and More

Bat guano (feces) has long enriched soil. Sourced from fruit/insect-feeding species only. Fast-acting, low odor, workable pre-planting or during growth.

What Is Bat Guano Used For?

Soil conditioner: enriches soil, improves drainage/texture. Fertilizer for plants/lawns. Natural fungicide, controls soil nematodes. Compost activator: speeds decomposition.

How to Use Bat Guano as Fertilizer

Top dressing, worked into soil, or tea for watering. Fresh or dried. Applied in smaller quantities than other manures.

High nutrient concentration: NPK 10-3-1 (10% nitrogen, 3% phosphorus, 1% potassium). Nitrogen = fast green growth; phosphorus = roots/flowers; potassium = overall health.

How to Make Bat Guano Tea

Easy deep-root feeding. Steep dung in water overnight. General ratio: ~1 cup dung per gallon water. Mix, sit overnight, strain, apply.

Bat dung uses are wide-ranging. As fertilizer, it's one of the best for gardens—plants and soil love it.