Every time I become interested in a new topic related to my farm, like a composting crisis, I always to turn to your channel and you NEVER disappoint. Thank you, Steven!
Cool, now I can freak out my neighbors even more when I sit outside smashing bones. Thank you for sharing this info. I'm going to research it some more and try it.
If you use the bones to make stock, they’ll squish between your fingers. Soak them in the crockpot with cold water to cover and 2T. acv. After an hour, turn on the crockpot and make your stock for 24 hours. The bones should be perfect for Bokashi.
@Dominic Donald No one cares. How about you go make your own post about your illegal activity and delete this one under my post. Do you even garden? I doubt it.
I've been doing Bokashi now for 2 years. I have two Bokashi bins - while the one is fermenting I start the other. Have made some fantastic compost for the garden - now starting with my proper outdoor composting system for a veggie garden & will add my completed Bokashi mix directly to those. The liquid you tap off can either be used as a great fertilizer (note it has to be seriously diluted as it is very powerful and can burn plants if used neat). It can also be poured neat down drains to clean them out and disinfect them with all the "good" germs.
Question, If I have a septic tank and pour the liquid down the drain, do you think there would be any effect on the septic system, good or bad? Thanks for any help or info you can give me 😊
@@cindylacy - I would think you could. It's a purely organic byproduct of Bokashi so can't see it harming septic tanks at all. If anything, it would help to aid the digestion of harmful organisms in the septic tank. But this a layman's advice - I would advise you contact the Bokashi resellers in your area and put the question to them.
This stuff disintegrates corn husks. It's really remarkable stuff. Also great for any area where your cat or dog have marked their territory. Sprinkle it over the area and smell is gone in a couple of days.
Thank you for another great video. I will say that I might consider doing a DIY Bokashi method. The bucket alone is $38. Home Depot sells buckets for $5 and $3 for the lid. The bran is $50 for 5 lbs. Then all the other supplies are more $$ and time. To me, that is a waste of money AND time. I might consider using the EM1 liquid. I HIGHLY recommend a worm bin of red wigglers. I paid $24 for a lb of them last year and now have two bins of them. They are great. They can eat a lot! I have a 7 gallon bin for my small apartment. There's a man on UA-cam who has shown that worms CAN breakdown onions,, lemons,, etc.. I smash my bones after making bone broth, and dry them. I then place bone meal in my garden. My biggest waste is plastic from the Trader Joe's packaging. I'm looking into mushrooms that can can break down plastic.
Awesome. Just started our first batch this weekend!! Had our compost up to 160 this summer and our 1st test against the most popular/expensive bagged compost is unbelievable. Our compost performed 4x better. Thanks for all your work and perspective!! Cheers from Victoria BC
I just learned about Bokashi composting from a SciShow video - this was the first video that came up when searching for 'bokashi composting'. Thanks for the primer!
Bokashi bucket kits are 1/2 off on Amazon as of 12/21/19. Bought this because of this channels influence. So wanting to repurpose all of my food waste into nutrients for my garden to reduce what goes in the garbage and keep pests out of my garden
Thanks for your reply, since I'm in zone 6 in Canada where winters are freezing I can't get a pile hot now so I think I'll start a worm bin and keep it in my basement so I can make use of fruit and veg scraps
Excellent video, thank you! One question: I brew beer at home and I'm worried about having such anaerobic bacteria and yeasts in the vacinity. Assuming many people watching this video also other ferment various things, has anyone had a problem with this culture affecting their other projects?
I love this, especially being able to use the liquid in the garden every week. But buying two buckets with spigots, the bran and the EM is expensive. Is there a cheaper way? Beer bottling buckets seem to be cheaper. Can you make the bran and Em? Thanks, love your videos
Any HDPE or LDPE bucket will work, like the ones from home depot. I don't use a tap on mine personally, but they are cheap on amazon. If I only needed a small amount of bran each year I'd just buy 5lbs a year. The bran is already inoculated and you can buy it on my website here, naturesalwaysright.com/products/bierkashi-bokashi-5-to-50-lbs. But if you want a ton of bokashi and super cheap find a beer brewer who throws away their grain, contract with them they'll give it for free. Then buy our bokashi inoculum and you can make your own, naturesalwaysright.com/products/brewkashi-microbial-inoculum-lactic-acid-bacteria-lactobacillus-casei The powdered form we sell is even less expensive if you want to do scale.
Thank for sharring this info Steven. I have been waiting for this. I am going to start my bucket as soon as I get the bokashi from your friend. Keep up the good work 👍 God bless you 🤗
I used to be a bokashi fan but it was difficult to find a place to bury it (in the middle of a city. But this video has given me a few ideas so I might try it again. I was wondering would it have the same bacterial strains (??) if I get the EM-1 in/fromfrance?
I love your channel, been a subscriber for a while. I am going to try bokashi for my compost pile. My question is, will just the bokashi mix turn to soil quickly, a good thing; or, will the bokashi mix jump start the whole compost pile, so it all turns to soil faster...a great thing 😄
Great info! I've been looking for ways to compost meat and dairy other than black soldier flies and with winter coming I'm looking for an indoor composting solution. Question: would the fermented product be safe to add to a worm bin?
Lita, they don't carry this specific bokashi on Amazon, and Steven said that SD Microbes is the best on the market. I'm going to go to the link and purchase it from SD Microbes!!
Thank you this is very helpful as Ive just bought bokashi system. I just want to ask you if Ican add veggies that have grown molds coz I haven't used them while they were fresh. Hope you can answer my question.
This may be a stupid question but I’m in the process of researching composting before I start . Can you add shredded paper to Bokashi composting or is that just for hot composting ?
Thanks for easily explaining this! This is not a complaint, just an FYI. I tried using NATURE77 to purchase this product: BierKashi Composting System (with BierKashi Bokashi). The message read that the code is not compatible with the product. I ordered it anyway and I'm excited to get started!
Hi there I have been wanting to compost for sooo long and I’m finally able to do it but I’m very inexperienced. I was looking at this method and looking at just your general compost heap in the garden. But this seems so much better. I have a compost pile in the garden I have just started but obviously I can’t put meat etc in there, so can I use both methods? Thanks 😊
THANK YOU!! I recently started using bokashi (from SDMicrobes) to jumpstart my compost pile. I have not added it yet. When I do, should I be concerned about the right C:N ratio? I have lots of wood chips. I have not achieved over 90 deg F yet but I determined to get over 100!
I’ve had to learn the hard way to add more bokashi between the layers lol. Also, i try to let melon rinds dry a little before adding them because they have a lot of water. Anaerobic water smell is not pleasant 🤢
Hi, you said you have to leave it to ferment for 2 weeks at least, but what is the max time you can leave it? Apologies if I missed that in the video. Awesome channel 👍
I look forward to starting bokashi composting. I have 4 rain barrels that I use to water the garden, and I'm wondering if I could add the bokashi juice to the barrels to kill may possible algae or pathogens. I often find racoon feces in the gutters. Also, my soil pH is usually on the high end. I'd like to lower that a bit. BTW, I grew up in Ramona, and love that town.
their more than only Lactic bacterias and phototrophic bacterias their is yeasts to in EM-1 plus your own indigenous microbes (IMO) when you're doing bokashi . Chris Trump it's a great reference for EM"s Caution the quality of your bokashi vary depending the level of carbohydrates (more carbohydrates == better bokashi) when meat is applied it's particularly important to ferment fast !
Forgive me if you've already answered this, but can you put "compostable plastic bags" used for collecting kitchen scraps in the bucket with the bokashi?
Great question! It can be let turn to kombucha vinegar and used like BRV in the garden or for pest management. It will help things break down but the PH is too low for Lacto bacteria to survive which is the main strain of bacteria present in bokashi responsible for breaking down everything. I don't think it would work very well as a bokashi substitute, but give it a try and let me know!
I think the best thing that I didn't hear is this is the best way to prepare food for vermicomposting to break the materials down even further and to keep your worm colonies healthy!
I love that you have big sizes for the t shirts...4XLtall is my size..- also love the info Thanks. Any shirts with pockets? have order the bokashi starter....Looking forward
I've always heard you can't put meat into your normal hot compost piles until I did a permaculture design course, we made a compost heap and threw in two whole chickens that got sick while we were there and they were cooked away in the heap in only a few days
If it smells bad, will it harm your plants if u put the excess liquid in your garden/houseplants?? I got this little "urban composter" it has a spout to drain the liquid for tea, it also came with a probiotic compost accelerater...also, is it ok for that liquid to sit for a few days or so b4 using it as plantfood?
As soon as I put a weight inside on top, it seemed to go a little bit South I think having Air volume above it is important. I think some of the gas is generated need to equalize and it happens better if it's not covered and smothered. 🤷
Another great video. Could you just use a LAB spray instead of buying or making your own bran? I new to Bokashi and watched another video and that all that guy did.
Hi Steven, thanks for another great video full of useful info. Do you find that compost piles attract rodents? My partner, who is not a gardener, doesn't want me to compost because he's obsessed with the idea that it'll attract mice and rats. Just wondering how you deal with this issue
My pleasure, its possible but if you build the pile well and it heats up hot they they wont be able to dig through it to eat the food scraps before they decompose.
Hi Steven, Do you know if you can keep the bokashi buckets sealed for longer than 2-4weeks? I am asking because I don't have a lot of space for my compost pile (I live in a residential area) and my pile is about done. I don't any space to create another one until I have been through this one first. Would you recommend keeping the bokashi buckets sealed until I have space for a new pile or would you add it directly into the existing one? Thank you for your work,
Fill the bucket completely, compress then fully seal. If dumping into a larger container you could do that as well then keep adding to that new container with the same process
Hi I’ve been watching your video on bokashi composting and I’ve been buying from Amazon, bokashi bran, doesn’t work very well for me do I have the right one because it doesn’t look like what you use. My compost pile doesn’t get over 80 degrees.
I am VERY new to home gardening and especially new to composting. I noticed you didn't "mince" your scraps, as I've read is needed. Is that something that needs to be done?
Just came over from The great Stivers channel. Very interesting. Ok how long does a 5lb bang last? Of course I know that's according to how much compost but it's just 2 of us. So my composting is pretty minimal. So im guessing maybe 5 lbs of compost a week. Lol but I'm the worst about not following through with composting because it gets so overwhelming with the smell. Lol great video.
I'm new to this idea, and it is unclear if the bucket can filled over the course of month? That is how long it would take my family to produce a 5 gallon bucket worth of scraps (maybe less if we are adding all scraps). Then once filled leave it for 2 weeks? Next question is I have small kids who tend to leave food on the plate. Can cooked food go into the bucket?
when would you choose to feed your worms over bokashi? and vice versa? kitchen scraps w/ bokashi sounds great to bring hot compost piles above 150. can you give kitchen scraps w/ bokashi to worms too, or is that a waste?
I just feed my worms when they need it then and save the rest for bokashi. Scraps with the bokashi grain is good. But I only add the bokashi grain when I rebuild my worm bins. Check out my worm food video I recently put out to see how I do it.
I ordered some of the bran. I was thinking of using a 5-gallon Coleman jug that I got at a yard sale, since it has a spout at the bottom. Would that work well?
It's already more than 3 weeks since i start bokashi. In my bucket, there's no bokashi tea comes out like, at all. Is that normal? Or something is wrong with my pile? 🤔
No bokashi tea is completely normal. The point is the smell, should be vinegary. And the volume of bokashi will be smaller as time goes by.(please forgive my English)
@@Lee_Kay_ my 1st bucket is already full, I'm going to leave it for 2-3 weeks before burying the content in a different container w soil. Wish me luck! Now I'm filling my 2nd bucket. Oh btw, the smell is sour, yes. And the white spores are growing beautifully. I think it's work even still no tea up till now.
Thank you for the post. Question: Isn't there a risk of rodents etc in the first couple of weeks? I've been told to mix the bokashi into weak soil in a container and keep a net on top of it for the first 2-3 weeks. Maybe this is more important close to cities, but I wouldn't want rats in my garden.
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Every time I become interested in a new topic related to my farm, like a composting crisis, I always to turn to your channel and you NEVER disappoint. Thank you, Steven!
Cool, now I can freak out my neighbors even more when I sit outside smashing bones. Thank you for sharing this info. I'm going to research it some more and try it.
Haha freaking out the neighbors is always fun
If you use the bones to make stock, they’ll squish between your fingers.
Soak them in the crockpot with cold water to cover and 2T. acv. After an hour, turn on the crockpot and make your stock for 24 hours. The bones should be perfect for Bokashi.
Lmao!
@Dominic Donald No one cares. How about you go make your own post about your illegal activity and delete this one under my post. Do you even garden? I doubt it.
@@zandernathanael8954 How about you go post about your illegal activity elsewhere boy.
I've been doing Bokashi now for 2 years. I have two Bokashi bins - while the one is fermenting I start the other. Have made some fantastic compost for the garden - now starting with my proper outdoor composting system for a veggie garden & will add my completed Bokashi mix directly to those. The liquid you tap off can either be used as a great fertilizer (note it has to be seriously diluted as it is very powerful and can burn plants if used neat). It can also be poured neat down drains to clean them out and disinfect them with all the "good" germs.
Question,
If I have a septic tank and pour the liquid down the drain, do you think there would be any effect on the septic system, good or bad? Thanks for any help or info you can give me 😊
@@cindylacy - I would think you could. It's a purely organic byproduct of Bokashi so can't see it harming septic tanks at all. If anything, it would help to aid the digestion of harmful organisms in the septic tank. But this a layman's advice - I would advise you contact the Bokashi resellers in your area and put the question to them.
This stuff disintegrates corn husks. It's really remarkable stuff. Also great for any area where your cat or dog have marked their territory. Sprinkle it over the area and smell is gone in a couple of days.
Thank you for another great video.
I will say that I might consider doing a DIY Bokashi method. The bucket alone is $38. Home Depot sells buckets for $5 and $3 for the lid. The bran is $50 for 5 lbs. Then all the other supplies are more $$ and time. To me, that is a waste of money AND time. I might consider using the EM1 liquid.
I HIGHLY recommend a worm bin of red wigglers. I paid $24 for a lb of them last year and now have two bins of them. They are great. They can eat a lot! I have a 7 gallon bin for my small apartment. There's a man on UA-cam who has shown that worms CAN breakdown onions,, lemons,, etc.. I smash my bones after making bone broth, and dry them. I then place bone meal in my garden.
My biggest waste is plastic from the Trader Joe's packaging. I'm looking into mushrooms that can can break down plastic.
Awesome. Just started our first batch this weekend!! Had our compost up to 160 this summer and our 1st test against the most popular/expensive bagged compost is unbelievable. Our compost performed 4x better. Thanks for all your work and perspective!! Cheers from Victoria BC
Thanks!
Thanks Joe!
I just learned about Bokashi composting from a SciShow video - this was the first video that came up when searching for 'bokashi composting'. Thanks for the primer!
Love that you are interested. Everyone should bokashi compost it's super useful.
Bokashi bucket kits are 1/2 off on Amazon as of 12/21/19. Bought this because of this channels influence. So wanting to repurpose all of my food waste into nutrients for my garden to reduce what goes in the garbage and keep pests out of my garden
Great info! Really cool your own veg is in there. Full circle produce right there!
Thanks! I love that I'm spreading around the microbes I farm :)
Failed to buy the Bokashi you linked, today, it was sold out. But thank you again for very informative one, I was looking for it.
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Hi this is a great informative video. I'm new to bokashi but it is possible to wait for it to totally become dark matter before adding to soil?
Thanks for your reply, since I'm in zone 6 in Canada where winters are freezing I can't get a pile hot now so I think I'll start a worm bin and keep it in my basement so I can make use of fruit and veg scraps
The juice is gold!!! What are you doing not using it? The juice is the nectar of soul fertility success!
I just dump it into the compost pile. I sold vegetables so not gonna risk contamination.
Excellent video, thank you!
One question: I brew beer at home and I'm worried about having such anaerobic bacteria and yeasts in the vacinity. Assuming many people watching this video also other ferment various things, has anyone had a problem with this culture affecting their other projects?
I love this, especially being able to use the liquid in the garden every week. But buying two buckets with spigots, the bran and the EM is expensive. Is there a cheaper way? Beer bottling buckets seem to be cheaper. Can you make the bran and Em?
Thanks, love your videos
Any HDPE or LDPE bucket will work, like the ones from home depot. I don't use a tap on mine personally, but they are cheap on amazon. If I only needed a small amount of bran each year I'd just buy 5lbs a year. The bran is already inoculated and you can buy it on my website here, naturesalwaysright.com/products/bierkashi-bokashi-5-to-50-lbs. But if you want a ton of bokashi and super cheap find a beer brewer who throws away their grain, contract with them they'll give it for free. Then buy our bokashi inoculum and you can make your own, naturesalwaysright.com/products/brewkashi-microbial-inoculum-lactic-acid-bacteria-lactobacillus-casei The powdered form we sell is even less expensive if you want to do scale.
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Thank for sharring this info Steven. I have been waiting for this. I am going to start my bucket as soon as I get the bokashi from your friend.
Keep up the good work 👍
God bless you 🤗
I used to be a bokashi fan but it was difficult to find a place to bury it (in the middle of a city. But this video has given me a few ideas so I might try it again. I was wondering would it have the same bacterial strains (??) if I get the EM-1 in/fromfrance?
I love your channel, been a subscriber for a while. I am going to try bokashi for my compost pile. My question is, will just the bokashi mix turn to soil quickly, a good thing; or, will the bokashi mix jump start the whole compost pile, so it all turns to soil faster...a great thing 😄
Very informative! I've never heard of Bokashi.
It sounds like another great thing to do for the veggies growing 🤓in the raised beds.
Can I put my pumpkin leaves that have a rust powdery mildew on the leaves in my bokashi bucket?
Looks like you have a great channel. I came from the Stivers. Looks like I going to learn quite a bit Thank you and have a great week 😇
Oh cool it was so fun meeting them. Welcome to the channel hope my videos are a big help to you :)
Great info! I've been looking for ways to compost meat and dairy other than black soldier flies and with winter coming I'm looking for an indoor composting solution. Question: would the fermented product be safe to add to a worm bin?
interesting. I've never heard of this method before. I learn a lot from your channel.
I will buy this product Bokashi in Amazon ( I hope they carry it) thanks for the info, I’m excited to use it!
Lita, they don't carry this specific bokashi on Amazon, and Steven said that SD Microbes is the best on the market. I'm going to go to the link and purchase it from SD Microbes!!
The SD Bokashi is wonderful. They have some other great products. Really great customer service.
Lovely video. Thanx. Can i use frozen kitchen scraps.?
Ya definitely
Thank you this is very helpful as Ive just bought bokashi system. I just want to ask you if Ican add veggies that have grown molds coz I haven't used them while they were fresh. Hope you can answer my question.
Yes that's the perfect thing to add to bokashi compost systems
The pickled smell is similar to the smell that comes from a commercial composting facility. Sharp but not ugly.
This may be a stupid question but I’m in the process of researching composting before I start . Can you add shredded paper to Bokashi composting or is that just for hot composting ?
Help from Australia. I love your channel. I would love a tour video of your garden.
Thanks! Here's a recent tour ua-cam.com/video/xOvdumGTnBU/v-deo.html
Thanks for easily explaining this! This is not a complaint, just an FYI. I tried using NATURE77 to purchase this product: BierKashi Composting System (with BierKashi Bokashi). The message read that the code is not compatible with the product. I ordered it anyway and I'm excited to get started!
Steven, i don’t have a lot of food scraps at any given time. Is it ok to add them to my bokashi bucket on a daily basis?
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Hi there I have been wanting to compost for sooo long and I’m finally able to do it but I’m very inexperienced. I was looking at this method and looking at just your general compost heap in the garden. But this seems so much better. I have a compost pile in the garden I have just started but obviously I can’t put meat etc in there, so can I use both methods? Thanks 😊
THANK YOU!! I recently started using bokashi (from SDMicrobes) to jumpstart my compost pile. I have not added it yet. When I do, should I be concerned about the right C:N ratio? I have lots of wood chips. I have not achieved over 90 deg F yet but I determined to get over 100!
I’ve had to learn the hard way to add more bokashi between the layers lol. Also, i try to let melon rinds dry a little before adding them because they have a lot of water. Anaerobic water smell is not pleasant 🤢
Nice great tips!
Hi, you said you have to leave it to ferment for 2 weeks at least, but what is the max time you can leave it? Apologies if I missed that in the video. Awesome channel 👍
You can leave it an indefinite amount of time.
I look forward to starting bokashi composting. I have 4 rain barrels that I use to water the garden, and I'm wondering if I could add the bokashi juice to the barrels to kill may possible algae or pathogens. I often find racoon feces in the gutters. Also, my soil pH is usually on the high end. I'd like to lower that a bit.
BTW, I grew up in Ramona, and love that town.
What is the Korean method of treating soil you talked about? Will you let me know what is key words I can use to research about it? Thank you so much!
korean natural farming
This is great, I have a bench top bokashi bin that I need to get started on. Thanks for the info xx Cathi xx
Btw SDMicrobes is the shizzzzz!!!
Immediate demonstrable results.
their more than only Lactic bacterias and phototrophic bacterias their is yeasts to in EM-1 plus your own indigenous microbes (IMO) when you're doing bokashi .
Chris Trump it's a great reference for EM"s
Caution the quality of your bokashi vary depending the level of carbohydrates (more carbohydrates == better bokashi) when meat is applied it's particularly important to ferment fast !
Ya Chris trump is awesome. I was trying to keep this video fairly simple for people who had never heard of this before.
you mentioned lactobacillus is the main go to biotic in this method?
would this work by adding yogurt or sourdough starter?
rustcity but yogurt has milk
Forgive me if you've already answered this, but can you put "compostable plastic bags" used for collecting kitchen scraps in the bucket with the bokashi?
I'd say only if it's compostable made from a plant material. A lot of those "Compostable" bags are just petroleum based plastic
Do you think you could use Kombucha as a catalyst for Bokashi? I brew a lot of Kombucha and it uses anaerobic bacteria.
Great question! It can be let turn to kombucha vinegar and used like BRV in the garden or for pest management. It will help things break down but the PH is too low for Lacto bacteria to survive which is the main strain of bacteria present in bokashi responsible for breaking down everything. I don't think it would work very well as a bokashi substitute, but give it a try and let me know!
Do you think I could add dog stool in this and then add to my a hot compost pile that is used for non- edibles such as trees or landscape plants?
For that end use absolutely.
I think the best thing that I didn't hear is this is the best way to prepare food for vermicomposting to break the materials down even further and to keep your worm colonies healthy!
Oh my goodness! You grow comfrey? I haven't been able to find comfrey at my herb store for 2 years now. Would you sell some seeds or some starts?
I'm doing humanure composting. How about adding it to that?
I love that you have big sizes for the t shirts...4XLtall is my size..- also love the info Thanks. Any shirts with pockets?
have order the bokashi starter....Looking forward
Not yet! Thanks for the support! Hope you enjoy them.
Great information and great video! Thanks!
I've always heard you can't put meat into your normal hot compost piles until I did a permaculture design course, we made a compost heap and threw in two whole chickens that got sick while we were there and they were cooked away in the heap in only a few days
Absolutley can. I think the reason they recommend against is because most people don't have the experience to get it hot enough to do it safely
If it contains nemotodes will it help with mosquitoes etc if I sprinkle the bokashi grain on my lawn?
Thank you for sharing. Sort of like making sauerkraut.
Yes haha it's just like that!
Steven this is great knowledge! Thanks for sharing
Stoked for this!
What's the intro song? (Where could I get it?) It sounds great.
If it smells bad, will it harm your plants if u put the excess liquid in your garden/houseplants?? I got this little "urban composter" it has a spout to drain the liquid for tea, it also came with a probiotic compost accelerater...also, is it ok for that liquid to sit for a few days or so b4 using it as plantfood?
Did you add holes at the bottom?.
As soon as I put a weight inside on top, it seemed to go a little bit South I think having Air volume above it is important. I think some of the gas is generated need to equalize and it happens better if it's not covered and smothered. 🤷
good video. thanks
Love your channel. Stumbled upon it looking to answer a. Composting. Question. Have you done one on compost tea .? Found it. Never mind 😔
Hehe nice enjoy!
Another great video. Could you just use a LAB spray instead of buying or making your own bran? I new to Bokashi and watched another video and that all that guy did.
Hi Steven, thanks for another great video full of useful info. Do you find that compost piles attract rodents? My partner, who is not a gardener, doesn't want me to compost because he's obsessed with the idea that it'll attract mice and rats. Just wondering how you deal with this issue
My pleasure, its possible but if you build the pile well and it heats up hot they they wont be able to dig through it to eat the food scraps before they decompose.
Bokashi method is air tight so rodents wont smell it.
I like your hat!🍋
Hi Steven, Do you know if you can keep the bokashi buckets sealed for longer than 2-4weeks? I am asking because I don't have a lot of space for my compost pile (I live in a residential area) and my pile is about done. I don't any space to create another one until I have been through this one first. Would you recommend keeping the bokashi buckets sealed until I have space for a new pile or would you add it directly into the existing one?
Thank you for your work,
Yes you can store it longer until you are ready to build the pile. That's another great benefit of bokashi composting
Fill the bucket completely, compress then fully seal. If dumping into a larger container you could do that as well then keep adding to that new container with the same process
Thank you Steven!
Hi I’ve been watching your video on bokashi composting and I’ve been buying from Amazon, bokashi bran, doesn’t work very well for me do I have the right one because it doesn’t look like what you use. My compost pile doesn’t get over 80 degrees.
Can I ask if it is ok to right out ferment a whole bucket worth for 2 weeks?
Can I add Bokashi to a container that already has plants in it? Will it acidify the soil?
Can you use LAB and leaf mold soil instead of buying the bokashi product?
I am VERY new to home gardening and especially new to composting. I noticed you didn't "mince" your scraps, as I've read is needed. Is that something that needs to be done?
Should you keep the bucket in the sun or what do you recommend?
New subbie - I haven't heard of this before but I always love learning new ways to farm
Hi! I live in a condo building, can I leave my bokashi to sit on my balcony in the sun? Thank you!
This was so informative. Thank you! You're awesome!
Thanks Gabie!
Just came over from The great Stivers channel. Very interesting. Ok how long does a 5lb bang last? Of course I know that's according to how much compost but it's just 2 of us. So my composting is pretty minimal. So im guessing maybe 5 lbs of compost a week. Lol but I'm the worst about not following through with composting because it gets so overwhelming with the smell. Lol great video.
How long can I keep the product in the bucket
Can you do this with dry fall leaves?
I'm new to this idea, and it is unclear if the bucket can filled over the course of month? That is how long it would take my family to produce a 5 gallon bucket worth of scraps (maybe less if we are adding all scraps). Then once filled leave it for 2 weeks? Next question is I have small kids who tend to leave food on the plate. Can cooked food go into the bucket?
when would you choose to feed your worms over bokashi? and vice versa? kitchen scraps w/ bokashi sounds great to bring hot compost piles above 150. can you give kitchen scraps w/ bokashi to worms too, or is that a waste?
I just feed my worms when they need it then and save the rest for bokashi. Scraps with the bokashi grain is good. But I only add the bokashi grain when I rebuild my worm bins. Check out my worm food video I recently put out to see how I do it.
@@NaturesAlwaysRight awesome! thanks man. our farm is using your worm castings system next season!
@@Samb1600 sweet hope you enjoy it!
Can one add the bokashi bran directly onto a worm bin?
I ordered some of the bran. I was thinking of using a 5-gallon Coleman jug that I got at a yard sale, since it has a spout at the bottom. Would that work well?
Ya that would work perfect! Just needs to be air tight.
@@NaturesAlwaysRight Thanks!
i will be living in an apartment so i need something compact like this for sure
It's already more than 3 weeks since i start bokashi. In my bucket, there's no bokashi tea comes out like, at all. Is that normal? Or something is wrong with my pile? 🤔
No bokashi tea is completely normal. The point is the smell, should be vinegary. And the volume of bokashi will be smaller as time goes by.(please forgive my English)
@@Lee_Kay_ my 1st bucket is already full, I'm going to leave it for 2-3 weeks before burying the content in a different container w soil. Wish me luck! Now I'm filling my 2nd bucket.
Oh btw, the smell is sour, yes. And the white spores are growing beautifully. I think it's work even still no tea up till now.
Can I put cooked foods or leftover soups? Or foods cooked in oil? Like fried chicken bones
I am curious .. so do you do all the compost types or do you focus on one specifically?
Thankyou great tips for composting
If the Bokashi is too acidic for the worms, is it not too acidic for the plants too? Should we add lime? Will the eggshell neutralise the acidity?
Can i use yogurt instead of bokashi bran?
Can you just use hops or yogurt to achieve the same thing?
Since you add meat can cat poop be added since they eat fish n chicken
Awesome. New subscriber here from Collierville Tn. Lane and Rhonda
Can you put fried food, or leftover food in bokashi bins?
Yes you can, any food waste is fine.
I like the bin you have!! Is it also from SD Micro, or somewhere else??
I assume you give your chicken kitchen scraps as well. How do you decide how much scraps to give your chickens vs the Bokashi bins?
Just came over from Stivers homestead
Sweet welcome, hope I can help you grow food even better!
Do you possibly have a finished drum to show?
The final bucket I showed is essentially a finished bin. Sometimes a lot of white fuzz will develop on top. You don't want to see other color molds.
Thank you for the post. Question: Isn't there a risk of rodents etc in the first couple of weeks? I've been told to mix the bokashi into weak soil in a container and keep a net on top of it for the first 2-3 weeks. Maybe this is more important close to cities, but I wouldn't want rats in my garden.