Has anybody ever wondered about bat guano, blood meal, or other organic stuff potentially exposing us to diseases?Reading about organic fertilizers a lot lately and this has been on my mind since they've been telling us that bats carry so many different viruses. With all the virus talk happening since almost a year now, I just had to ask before I switch to organic.
Bat guano, blood meal and viruses (corona paranoia)
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spliffendz
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Yeh we used to talk of wearing masks and maybe goggles/glove also. 20 yrs ago when using bat shiit
Boatguy
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No.... It doesnt.
What kind of organics have you used that smelled that bad?
green_machine_two9er
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Always mask up.l when handling animal by products. Bonemeal also can contain nasty brain pathogens in some crazy prions. The get in through inhalation. And can take 30 years to show side of effects basically mad cow disease for humans....
green_machine_two9er
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Most the time people are talking snout Anerobic sealed organic bottles. True organics with built living soil should have zero smell. Apart from the amazing fresh scent of soil cooking. Reminds of me fresh Forrest after a rain.
Boatguy
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Thats what i thought the op was talking about. Fish emulsion obviously stinks
meangreengrowinmachine
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Don't eat it. End of thread 
green_machine_two9er
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Nooo lol. Hey check out my sig thread to some simple soil build and water only top shelf results. The trio can never stand up next to it. In simplicity,$ savings, and quality and terpenes. I work at a hydro store and sell ever kind of trio this and bloom booster this. But the honest to god truth is your buying diluted salts which can never mimic biologist getting in charge. Plants grow themselves. Plants know when they want more p and k. And they communicate with microbes to facilitate to uptake of nutrients when they actually want them. Phew ok. Finishing dinner and rant over.
Teach me your ways lol. I'm on my third grow, so far only used foxfarm products. Getting decent results, but my leaves always start yellowing around week 3 of flower. Got about 60 grams on average per plant last time but I think I could do a lot better...
meangreengrowinmachine
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All organics building my own soil from scratch here. It's the only way to go if you want REALLY good extremely terpy cannibas imo. And once you learn the soil it is very forgiving.
meangreengrowinmachine
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Damn straight from someone that works at the grow store! This is perfect!
green_machine_two9er
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Years ago I met some folks who told me all the hydro shop owners don’t use any of there products. Lol sparked an interest. It’s a myth that hydro is the top shelf imo
Green Refuge
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I just got a sample of fish sh!t from htg supply store and I damn near threw up when I popped the lid open. I was planning on putting a couple drops in the water but after smelling that sht I changed my mind. Bottle should say outdoors only.
Richard Drysift
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Been growing organic for years. You cannot get sick from fertilizer in your soil unless you eat it. So....Don’t... Eat the bat poo & you’ll be fine. You don’t need bat guano anyway it is highly overrated and expensive. Chicken shit works just as good; I use Charlie’s compost brand. Don’t eat that either.
Nothing in my grow smells except liquid fish emulsion; even my worm bin has no stink. Opening a bottle of Neptune’s Harvest evokes fish guts at low tide but close the bottle and it’s gone. Got baked once and left the cap off: the wife told me something died in the basement.