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schmutzie — June 13th, 2008 at 8:33 amhttp://www.fivestarfriday.com/2008/06/five-star-friday-edition-10.html
Thanks for all the great bokashi info!! I’ve just set up a bokashi compost system in my office, and I’m not getting any liquid building up in the bottom (my container has a drainage tap) - is that normal? Is it possible to keep bokashi too dry, especially since there’s some moisture from all the coffee grounds going in? I know it’s not supposed to be sopping wet.
Robyn — July 7th, 2008 at 10:33 amSo i’ve been playing with bokashi for about a year. I make it with wheat bran. Sometimes I make a good batch sometimes I make a bad batch. I really haven’t learned to control this (I think sometimes this is because I don’t meaure correctly). Anyway, even when I get good results, when I bury it, i either bury it too deep or when I don’t think it’s too deep somehow it just doesn’t like to break down in the ground. Why is that? When i get a good batch and it smells great that’s wonderful. But when I get horribly smelling bokashi compost tea or when the bokashi refuses to break down fast enough (or even at all it seems to me), what’s up with that?
Quranite — May 1st, 2009 at 1:50 pmI even tried to do the soil in a container thing, where I used some pickled food waste and put dirt on top and I got NOTHING. Why oh Why?
Quranite — May 1st, 2009 at 1:52 pmHi,
Amanda — November 2nd, 2009 at 12:30 amI purchased a bokashi bucket for my fiancee awhile ago, however it seems that the fermentation process went really, really wrong (he probably didn’t use enough bran or push the stuff down properly). Unfortunately, he then left it all a bit too long and now that he’s emptied the bucket, the bucket itself has taken on the fermented smell. Is there any way to get rid of the smell without ruining the microbe stuff? He’s already used detergent (without success) so is it all too late anyway? When it gets to this stage is the only option to throw the bucket out and start again?
If you can help in any way it would be very appreciated!!
hi Al,
bang choy — February 8th, 2010 at 12:03 ammy i know, where i must be learn and read about bokashi bucket,, [beside this site], cause i want to learn more about it…
pls your tutor..
thanks.