In Case You Missed It, Bat Dung is Fantastic Fertilizer for Cannabis

t’s been a little known trade secret
amongst the greatest cannabis growers that the phosphorus and nitrogen concentrations in
bat droppings speed up the plant’s
flowering process. Currently, a study by Uruguayan
researchers— who have been at work with the objective of
commercializing this organic fertilizer for the country’s first
ever legal cannabis plantations— have not only found the old secret to be true,
but that there are other benefits to using it as well.

“It has nothing to do with marijuana, it’s fertilizer,”
said zoologist Enrique González, coordinator of the Research Program
on Bats in Uruguay, which is currently analyzing the stool of these flying mammals, known as guano,
to help launch this merging agricultural
market.

When the country voted in favor of the
Draft Law on Control and Regulation of Marijuana and its Derivatives, last
December— which legalized the production and sale
of cannabis— it opened up a huge market for all things related
to the growing of cannabis, and in particular, fertilizer. According to
researchers, it works by feeding the plants organic matter which slows the rate
by which they absorb other nutrients, while at the same time, speeding up the
rate of flower production. This amazing quality of the fertilizer which has the
benefit of keeping the time and production costs down for a very lucrative
fertilizer, is also safe for the environment makes it an invaluable product.

Once Uruguay’s cannabis farmers are able to
show the promising results of using guano, it likely won’t be long before it
makes its way into a grow shop near you.