Caveman’s are offering a limited organic garden pack, including bat guano, worm castings, and a liquid feed containing kelp, fish seaweed, molasses and neem oil.  Excellent value for money and enough goodies to mix up and feed ongoing 200+ liters of prime soil for your plants. You have probably seen fancy soil mixes with added nutrients and exotic ingredients at a very high price, with this pack you can mix your own and not only get twice as much for your money but a far better concentration of nutrients and all 100% organic guaranteed!

The only downside is its only available through ebay, but dont let that stop you as its to good to miss!

Organic pack on ebay!

Caveman's Bat Guano organic pack

Now on sale at Oxfam in a limited edition 650g bag priced £5.99, available in 200 + stores around the country or online at http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/Default.aspx.

All packs were packed by hand at home in the garage over winter 2008.

The first stage in trials of Caveman’s Bat Guano at Lullingstone castle in Kent, home of the World Garden has reached some positive conclusions and leads the way to continuing use and trials beginning with fertilization of beds actually in the World Garden in October. We visited on a busy Sunday late August to catch up with Tom and check the progress of the plants. Back in October for another update! Click to enlarge pictures.

Above we have 2 Toothed Lancewood’s, inspected by Tom Hart Dyke and Michael from Caveman’s. The smaller plant on the left was fertilized with a small amount of Caveman’s Bat Guano, whilst the larger plant was left in Tom’s normal potting mix. The new growth at the top of the Lancewood’s is clearly visible, and although the Guano test subject was always a smaller tree, the new growth since fertilization exceeds the other plant by around 1/3. From this Tom concludes ‘The Guano subject has grown more than the lancewood without’.

Below are some Succulents, the one on the left was potted with a good dose of Bat Guano. The Succulent with the Fertilizer didnt fare as well, although still managed to survive. Tom says ‘Normally if I fertilize Succulents I would use a fraction of the general dose’. Of course specialist succulent fertilizers are available, but we will do more intensive studies to find a real beneficial dose of Bat Guano for Succulents next year.

Below are are some more specimens which clearly show an increase in growth. Although the dosage was kept to a conservative level during the potting these plants do have increased bushy growth and vibrant colouring.

Above. Aanigozanthos Flavidus – “kangaroo paw”. The plant on the right was potted with a Caveman’s Bat Guano in the mix. Note the extra growth and darker shade of green. Click to enlarge.

And here’s how the specimen on the right looked in May.

Above. Hedychium Greenii “Dark Leaved Ginger”. Again the plant on the right fertilized with Bat Guano is clearly inches taller than its counterpart on the left which is lifted of the ground. Click to enlarge.

This Cestrum below from Mexico was given a mix of Guano in May, unfortunately no comparisons but Tom noted its vigour and was very pleased with its success.

There is still some more subjects to examine in October so more updates then when we return to the castle, we are also aiming to add some testimonials from our customers once the season is through as well as update to more indepth usage guidelines based on continuing trials from our first season in the garden with Caveman’s Bat Guano. Much, much more to come.

Below. A bed in the wonderful Cactii house at Lullingstone castle, Centered by an amazing specimen.

We are due at Lullingstone castle this Sunday to catch up with Tom Hart Dyke and get a lowdown on the performance of Caveman’s Bat Guano which was used earlier in the year in some exotic and native species to see how they compare to Tom’s normal soil mix. Reporting back next week with details and pics from Lullingstone Castle’s amazing World Garden. Click here for the earlier report.

Caveman’s Bat Guano had a small introduction in the Guardian newspaper this week regarding a follow up to this years series ‘Dragon’s Den’ on BBC2. We reflect on our experience in the den and continuing work despite the Dragon’s lack of enthusiasm for gardening. Read more here
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Limited 200g bags of Fresh Bat Guano available on Ebay. £3 inc postage for an affordable last boost to the garden this year.
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We have updated our usage instructions after 6 months discovery into the properties of Bat Guano as a fertilizer as well as feedback and testimonials from our customers. Feel free to download the PDF from the link below.
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The experiment with Caveman’s Bat Guano in the gardens at Lullingstone castle begins.
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Caveman’s Interviewed shortly after featuring on the BBC series ‘Dragons Den’.
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