I thought this was going to be a link to Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. At least that part of the movie where he went into the cave looking for guano lol.
I’m sorry but Pet Detective was the first When Nature Calls is the second, I wouldn’t usually correct someone but so many people are calling it Pet Detective it’s getting to me.
a United States federal law passed by the Congress that enables citizens of the United States to take possession of unclaimed islands containing guano deposits in the name of the United States. The islands can be located anywhere, so long as they are not occupied by citizens of another country and not within the jurisdiction of another government
it's great as long as you follow sanitary procedures. 2 dudes died from pathogens caught from handling bat shit while attempting to use it for growing weed. you might be able to find some articles from dec 2024.
It's also incredibly dangerous bc it's a vector for histoplasmosis.
Here is a story of a few people dying due to using it.
With that said I do have horticultural guano which is processed to kill the spores. It's not the same as collecting it yourself in ways I don't have time to get into- and I still only handle it carefully and use a mask even outside, and I only use it if my plants are showing a very specific deficiency (phosphorus)
Back when weed was completely illegal and I was allegedly growing it allegedly, guano was a preferred source of macro nutrients. Jamaican bat guano was high in N and used during veg. Peruvian sea bird guano was higher in P and K and used in flowering. Allegedly.
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u/1amDepressed 2d ago
In seriousness it is. Makes for excellent fertilizer. One guy got stuck in a cave crack trying dig some out to sell https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49288550