How to use bokashi pre-compost: The Trench Method
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- The trench method of burying your bokashi pre-compost is the easiest and most direct way to return your food waste back to the soil where it belongs.
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Thanks wished you made a video after 2 weeks burrying it.
Great idea!
Hi: would it be better to mix the pre compost with some carbon materials such as dried leaves, shredded egg cartons before burying? Thanks!
No need to do that. The soil biota will assimilate the bokashi fermented food waste into the soil web very effectively just as it is. Adding those other items wont offer any particular benefit.
If my diet is not organic , does that negatively impact the process? Does this inturn make my garden non organic?
Great question. Fortunately, the vast majority of pesticides do break down during composting. Research studies and experts agree that any levels detectable in finished compost are typically at very low concentrations. It is generally agreed that the risk of toxins persisting in the finished compost product is fair outweighed by the benefits of composting.
This blog post might be of interest: bokashiliving.com/should-you-compost-non-organic-food-waste/
I haven't mixed the bokashi pre-compost with earth in the trench before covering it with earth - will it be okay do you think - I've just buried my eighth bucketful.
It will be fine, but will take longer to break down. We have found that mixing and chopping the pre-compost in the trench greatly speeds up the rate at which the pre-compost is assimilated in to the surrounding soil.
If I was to insert the pre-compost from the finished ferm process into a tumbler with extra carbon and soil, would that be beneficial? I live in an apartment and I feel my landlord would not appreciate me digging trenches and throwing what may seem like food waste on their property. If I was to continue composting with the tumbler, would it result in something soil-like that could be inconspicuously spread?
Hi Jessica,
Yes, adding your bokashi pre-compost to your regular compost tumbler will work really well. The bokashi pre-compost will break down and your tumbler will love the extra beneficial microbes. This video should be useful (ua-cam.com/video/Qh7odkZep_k/v-deo.html) its about adding pre-compost to a regular compost heap, but the same method applies when adding it to your compost tumbler.
Happy composting :)
I have a tremendous amount of weeds and when I weed my rows I can collect as much as a full 110L garbage pail worth. In the past I’ve made tea with it which does smell foul. I’m curious if I could bokashi those weeds, layered with the bran in the large pale and bury them safely in 3-4 weeks without risk of more weeds coming from roots or their seeds?
I know folks compost invasives such as bindweed in their thermophilic piles. I’m curious if bokashi would render things like butter cups and maybe the bindweed dead and decomposing when buried?
This in addition to my weekly kitchen scraps bokashi bin.
Yes, you can bokashi compost weeds. Make sure that the container you are layering the weeds and bran in is airtight so that the bokashi microbes can ferment the weeds. The acidic environment in the bokashi bucket will help to kill any roots and seeds so you will not spread the weeds when you add the compost to your garden. If you are adding particularly troublesome weeds to your composter then we would suggest leaving it to ferment a couple of weeks longer to make sure that it is fully fermented and that all roots and seeds have been neutralized.
@@bokashiliving3173 thanks for a concise answer
I have a question. The process of fermentation in the bucket was excellent (I did everything following instructions). White mold, pleasant sweet-sour smell. After that I buried (trench method) it in the ground. Covered with black fabric, to prevent from the excessive Florida rain. In 2 weeks I discovered that there are a lot of maggots there. The ground is very hot. I was expecting a lot of earthworm, but did not see any. Is it normal?
Seeing maggots is not normal. It indicates that the fermentation process did not complete fully. This is easy to rectify! We suggest that you try two things: 1) try chopping your food waste into smaller pieces (this helps to speed up fermentation) and 2) leave the food waste to ferment in your bokashi bin for an extra week (this will ensure complete fermentation).
When fermentation is complete, soil micro and macro biology will finish the bokashi pre compost off easily, preventing the occurrence of any maggots.
Thank you. I did everything, but buried about 3-4" of soil. It is impossible to do deeper, since it is a raised bed.
Thank you. How can I get rid of maggots? Do they eat earthworm?
Dont worry, the maggots will disappear on their own once they exhaust their food supply. They will die off, and in the process the nutrients they hold will be beneficially released back into the soil structure. They will not eat your worms.