go for it.
mango pits break down pretty fast
mango pits break down pretty fast
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Bokashi for beginners: what is it, and what can it do for me?
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Bokashi for beginners: what is it, and what can it do for me?
avocado pits turn to crumbly nothing within a month or so in my bin.
avocado peels, on the other hand, may take a decade or so.
avocado pits turn to crumbly nothing within a month or so in my bin.
avocado peels, on the other hand, may take a decade or so.
it's uncanny I tell ya
opinions on some bran i just fired up
recipe:
3/4 of a 5 gal bucket of wheat bran
1 TBS sea salt & a handful of rockdust
then moistened & mixed that together with
1 gal water
2 tbsp AEM
2 tbps molasses
then compressed the above a little more then halfway down the 5 gal bucket,with a trash bag,stepped on it a few times,weighed dwn w/ a few stones and put the lid on..
cali should be worming up sometime soon so i think this stuff will be ready in hopefully a few weeks..
honesty dont no why i took so long on giving this a shot,this is my first crack at bokashi, bran & all..
recipe:
3/4 of a 5 gal bucket of wheat bran
1 TBS sea salt & a handful of rockdust
then moistened & mixed that together with
1 gal water
2 tbsp AEM
2 tbps molasses
then compressed the above a little more then halfway down the 5 gal bucket,with a trash bag,stepped on it a few times,weighed dwn w/ a few stones and put the lid on..
cali should be worming up sometime soon so i think this stuff will be ready in hopefully a few weeks..
honesty dont no why i took so long on giving this a shot,this is my first crack at bokashi, bran & all..
Bokashi for beginners: what is it, and what can it do for me?
looks good Darc!
I am now Making small batches and using
it fresh instead of dry.
you can start using it as soon as it is done.
looks good Darc!
I am now Making small batches and using
it fresh instead of dry.
you can start using it as soon as it is done.
Darc, i'm doing something simular only I'm using newpaper instead of bran. ( I soak the paper in large zip lock bags and let it sit for three or four weeks, then it dry on a line in my shed) I gift wrap my veggie waste then pack into the bakashi bucket. So far it seems to work, but it's too early to declare victory. I also did a little experiment using that same newspaper on weeds in the garden, and that looks like it will work a s well.
I'm sure you already know how much worms like bakashi, but it really shines as a compost accelerator. It heats up those old leaves in no time. I start the "fire" with bakashi then fuel it with alfalfa meal. I also fuel it with bakashi juice and any old nutrient bottles I might have and want to pitch. good luck........scrappy
sometimes bokashi can grow quite a bit of mold, especially if you keep it in the bucket while it waits to be fed to worms.
sorry these look blue. the blue is actually white, because I forgot to do the white balance. The bin looks like a Hungarian wine cellar.
of course this mass of fungus went into the worm bin. dear Jesus I will need an umbrella for the gnats.
sorry these look blue. the blue is actually white, because I forgot to do the white balance. The bin looks like a Hungarian wine cellar.
of course this mass of fungus went into the worm bin. dear Jesus I will need an umbrella for the gnats.
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here is how I feed bokashi to worms these days:
I make a hole in the bedding, drop in the bokashi, and cover it up. No more mixing it with the bedding.
Now when it gets red-hot, the worms can escape it.
So I just took a scoop of bokashi along with the mass of mold, and did the usual. No odor once it is covered.
I make a hole in the bedding, drop in the bokashi, and cover it up. No more mixing it with the bedding.
Now when it gets red-hot, the worms can escape it.
So I just took a scoop of bokashi along with the mass of mold, and did the usual. No odor once it is covered.
so funny enough i got blue mold this past week in my bokashi bucket. at first it was white and everything was looking good, but then it turned blue after about 4 weeks. seems to be a bit of it too.
can it be chucked into my compost bin? or do i have to just suck it up and trash it/ start over?
can it be chucked into my compost bin? or do i have to just suck it up and trash it/ start over?
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I had the same in a 6 week old bucket I just threw into the compost pile, it didn't seem to make much of a difference. The pile is steaming where I buried it and doesn't seem different than any other batch I've tossed in.
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Great thread librettist, just read it through. Im interested in setting one of these up, i was just wondering how many of ye use old newspaper now to make the EM carriers?
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I was reading more on the subject of creating your own BIM. Here's an article thats worth a read, by Gil A. Carandang - Indigenous Microorganisms: Grow Your Own
Beneficial Indigenous Microorganisms and Bionutrients
In Natural Farming
http://www.permaculture.org/nm/images/uploads/Indigenous_Microorganisms.pdf
Beneficial Indigenous Microorganisms and Bionutrients
In Natural Farming
http://www.permaculture.org/nm/images/uploads/Indigenous_Microorganisms.pdf
i found some online for 10 dollars for 2 lbs . think i am gonna try some .aint even interested in trying to make my own . too many other things going on and a new pup that dont sleep long .
the bokashi bran in the little coffee containers is working great. no drying.
