bokashi composting

[mdvpc]

I am now making my own inoculation-there is an utube video that show you how.

[Hairy Moose Knuckles]

I spent most of the evening trying to find out how to make the EM. I found out how to make the Bokashi, but can't find a recipe for the EM.

[mdvpc]

Zaz-I read somewhere that you arent supposed to use the juice as a foliar feed. How are you using it?

Harry-cant help you on the EM-I buy mine from Em America.

[zazooom]

I use the juice as a plant feed not a foliar feed. I dilute 1/2 cup to about to 3/4 of a gal of water. Vegetables and flowers seem to really snap to attention. Used it on all of my houseplants too this winter and they've come through very healthy looking.

[Woodchuck]

My experience with homemade bokashi starter, in lieu of EM, and newspaper bokashi, in lieu of expensive bran.

http://bokashicomposting.com/

[mdvpc]

Woodchuck-Welcome aboard! And thanks for posting on this thread. I have been buying em, making my own with wheat bran. I am going to be reading your stuff with interest tonight. Please continue to post in this thread.

[Worth1]

I wish this thread was in the gardening in the green section.
http://www.tomatoville.com/forumdisplay.php?f=99
That way it would be where folks that where searching for such things could find it.

I know this sounds mean, but that is why we have many areas on this forum.

Worth

[mdvpc]

Worth-Great suggestion. I should have put it in there when I started it. Actually, dont know if there was that forum at that time. I will pm one of the moderators to do so. Thanks again.

[Worth1]

I thought you were a moderator.

Worth

[mdvpc]

Worth-I am, but only the general moderators can move threads not in my "jurisdiction." My jurisdiction is undercover gardening. I pm'd Suze to ask her to move it. Thanks again.

[mdvpc]

I have started my bokashi composting again. Here are two containers of Dwarf Caitydid, one of the Dwarf Projects projects. Then one on the left has only been fertilized with bokashi-both the finished project mixed with the potting soil and also given soil drench with the liquid byproduct. The one on right was fertilized with my regular ferts. Big difference. The difference was even more noticeable 2 weeks ago, so I stopped the experiment, and put bokashi in the container on the right.

[huntsman]

This system has just been launched in South africa, but with our poor exchange rate, you can imagine that very few of us can afford it!

[mdvpc]

Hunt

I made my own buckets, very simple to do. And made my own inoculant. I bought a bottle of the EM, and inoculated my wheat bran like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96fSXccQx9Q

How to make your own buckets:

http://organicgardening.about.com/b/...shi-bucket.htm

How to make your own inoculant:

http://www.wildlifegardeners.org/for...nnoculant.html

[huntsman]

Happy sigh....!



Thanks, Michael!

[mdvpc]

Hunt

I was real surprised when I started my experiment that I posted the photo on above. The difference was so impressive. Google bokashi composting and read some of the hits if you are interested. You dont have to buy the expensive buckets etc.