Our advices

So that the fertilization is more effective and to obtain good results quickly, it is necessary to take into account various factors, such as the type of ground, the type of plants, the conditions climatic and the type of guano. At the beginning, we advise to carry out agrochemical analyses in order to discover the specific needs for the cultures and to determine the suitable amounts. Contrary to the artificial fertilisers, the overdose of beats guano cannot be toxic with the plants.
 
Normal amounts of bat guano for some cultures
Assumptions Integrated use of Guano Sole use of Guano
Dose of Guano Mineral fertilizers
Rain Rice de « Tanety » ( Hill)
Fertile ferrallitic soil  200 kg/ha  Urea 43,5kg/ha
Potash: 62 kg/ha
600 kg/ha 
Poor ferrallitic soil 400 kg/ha  Urea 87kg/ha
Potash: 62 kg/ha
1000 kg/ha 
Irrigated rice fields/Aquatic/flooded/Low-lying grounds/alluvial valleys
Mineral hydromorphic soil 400 kg/ha  Urea 87kg/ha 1200 kg/ha
Organic hydromorphic soil 400/600 kg/ha  Urea 22kg/ha  600 kg/ha 
Fairly or slightly poor soils
Fairly or slightly poor soils 400 kg/ha  Urea 87kg/ha
Potash 62 kg/ha
1200 kg/ha 
 Very poor soils  600 kg/ha  Urea 65kg/ha
Potash 62 kg/ha
1500 kg/ha
Maize    
Fertile or volcanic soils 400 kg/ha  Urea 217 kg/ha
Potash 57 kg/ha
2400 kg/ha 
Poor ferrallitic soils 600 kg/ha   Urea 196 kg/ha
Potash 52 kg/ha
2400 kg/ha
Leguminous plants (Beans, Groundnut, Soya…)
 Low-lying soils/Alluvial valleys
 Mineral soils or organic soils
400 kg/ha
    400 kg/ha
 "Tanety"
 Fertile soils or organic soils  400 kg/ha  
Potash 57kg/ha
 400 kg/ha
Poor ferrallitic soils  400 kg/ha  
Potash 90kg/ha
 
400 kg/ha

Tubers: potatoes, sweet potatoes, Taro: « Saonjo »
Low-lying grounds/alluvial valleys    
Mineral soils 400 kg/ha  Urea 87kg/ha 
Potash 57 kg/ha
1200 kg/ha 
Organic soils 400 kg/ha Potash 57 kg/ha 400 kg/ha 
Hills ( Tanety)
Fertile/ volcanic/Poor ferrallitic soils 400 kg/ha  Urea 174kg/ha
Potash 90 kg/ha
2000/2100 kg/ha 
Fodder: wheat- oats- ray grass       
Hills  ( tanety)
Fairly or slightly poor soils  400 kg/ha   Urea 174 kg/ha
Potash 62 kg/ha
2000/2100 kg/ha 
Very poor soils 400 kg/ha  Urea 217kg/ha
Potash 62 kg/ha
2400 kg/ha 
Low-lying grounds /alluvial valleys      
Mineral hydromorphic soils   400 kg/ha  Urea 174 kg/ha 2000/2100 kg/ha 
Organic hydomorphic soils 400 kg/ha  400 kg/ha 
Coffee: all kinds of soil 30g/plant  Urea : 98kg/ha
Potash: 93kg/ha
400 g/plant 
Fruit trees      
Pineapple   
Banana tree   
Mango tree (saplings / fruit formation)   
Apple tree  (saplings / fruit formation)   
Pear tree  (saplings / fruit formation)  
Peach tree (saplings / fruit formation)   
Strawberry (saplings / fruit formation)   
Orange tree   
Mandarin tree    
Lemon tree   
Vegetables      
1,5 kg /plant
1,5 à 2 kg /plant
0,6 à 1kg/2 à 2,5 kg /plant
0,35 kg / 0,95 kg /plant
0,25 kg / 0,75 kg /plant
0,45 Kg / 1,2 kg /plant
0,55 kg / 1,15 kg /plant
1kg /plant
0,85kg/plant
0,95kg/plant
400 à 600kg/ha
 

* Source : Omar Páez Malagón, Ing. 29 janvier 2004

- For fruit trees (including citrus), at the time of planting, apply bat guano in the pit of each plant.
- In vegetable cultivation, apply bat guano at the time of sowing.In tree nurseries and seed-beds, mix in well 20% of bat guano and 80% of fertile soil before sowing seeds or planting.
- In established plantain plantations, apply recommended dose around each plant or shoot, some 15 cm apart. The same for plants with similar life cycles.
- For saplings or established crops on ridges with very steep slopes, apply the product in a horse-shoe shape above the plant, on the edge of the plant's drip line. It is recommended that steps be taken to avoid soil erosion, with both short-cycle and long-cycle plants.
- For all types of crop and soil or substrata, bat guano should always be mixed well with the fertile soil, to make the best use of it and obtain a fast effect. "Ecological fertilizer is best stored in the soil".
- It is best to carry out tests and trials on the area under cultivation, to discover the specific requirements of the producer's crops, soil and environmental conditions, and adapt the dosage accordingly.