Birdie's Return To Life

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@Pennywise can you guess which book I'm reading... Again?!?
 
Smeegol said:
How would I go about doing bokashi ms.Emilya as this boggles me....
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Bokashi is done in a sealed bucket, usually with some sort of drain/tap on the bottom. You basically toss the food scraps in the bucket with an inert material like saw dust or bran, etc. that's been infused with Effective Micro-Organisms.

You can purchase the Bokashi, or purchase the EM and make your own. You can also make the EM, if you're so inclined, but it's quite a project! You can put things in a Bokashi Bucket you wouldn't normally put in a compost pile and just sprinkle the Bokashi on top and seal the bucket back up.

The Bokashi causes the food scraps to ferment (not compost) and because it's done in a sealed bucket, there's no real smell and it can be done indoors. Typically, you don't add any "brown material" (carbon) - just the food scraps.

During the process, it leaches a "tea" that needs to be drained (reason for tap on bottom of Bokashi buckets!) and this tea can be diluted (heavily!) and applied directly to the plants, both watered-in and as a foliar.

Two weeks after the bucket is full, you just let it sit and ferment and, after that two weeks, you can plant the food scraps in the garden. When you first plant them, they will look almost exactly like they did when you first tossed them in the bucket because they are not composted - only fermented. But, in just two weeks, or so, they completely break down in the soil.

The smell of fermented Bokashi is pungent, but not "rotten".

There's lots of info on the web and I've been doing Bokashi for about 10 years, so feel free to ask any questions!
 
MrK. Did you see Kismet s link, it explains it quite easily. Even I got it.... With all these blonde moments I have  (being blonde doesn't help)
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AngryBird said:
MrK. Did you see Kismet s link, it explains it quite easily. Even I got it.... With all these blonde moments I have  (being blonde doesn't help)
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No, I didn't! And, I don't see any posts by @Kismet since @Smeegol asked the question! Did I miss something? :hmmmm:
 
AngryBird said:
Wait I'll link it, it was before the question
Birdie's Return To Life
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OK...that link I did see.

I didn't read all 110 pages and do see the ToC discusses fermentation, but it's not really Bokashi Composting, per se (though, very related!) and I did a document search and it doesn't even mention the word "Bokashi" anywhere in the doc. They use similar concepts, though! ;)
 
Smeegol said:
The one and only OG hobbit I know, how ya doing brother...
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Yerrr im awesome smeegs. Dropped a conveyor belt on myself and busted my neck gave myself a little concussion but got a day off work! Swings and roundabouts lol. I stood my ground though until someone took the weight off me
 
Mr. Krip said:
OK...that link I did see.

I didn't read all 110 pages and do see the ToC discusses fermentation, but it's not really Bokashi Composting, per se (though, very related!) and I did a document search and it doesn't even mention the word "Bokashi" anywhere in the doc. They use similar concepts, though! ;)
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No it hasn't mentioned the Bokashi, but I believe this is a very "plain and simple" method of organic growing, which is a good way to start for beginners, don't you think?!

Pennywise said:
Was a good novel!
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The movie is awesome have seen it at least 10 times, usually I always read the book first though. Saw the movie in Greece, didn't connect title to Stephen King..
Oldbear said:
I picked up a Positive Energy Generator for people to share:

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I love the Generator (allthough moderators here will not)
 
AngryBird said:
No it hasn't mentioned the Bokashi, but I believe this is a very "plain and simple" method of organic growing, which is a good way to start for beginners, don't you think?!
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Yes, I do! :thumb:

That being said, Bokashi isn't really about growing or producing your own nutrients. It's about composting your food waste. It just so happens the resulting compost is very beneficial in the garden. The concepts are very similar and since fermented/uncomposted Bokashi is very acidic, I made the assumption your "banana brew" would be, also. From there, it sparked the question about Bokashi from @Smeegol (which I did my best to answer!). I wasn't suggesting Bokashi as an alternative to what you guys are working on. ;)
 
Mr. Krip said:
Bokashi is done in a sealed bucket, usually with some sort of drain/tap on the bottom. You basically toss the food scraps in the bucket with an inert material like saw dust or bran, etc. that's been infused with Effective Micro-Organisms.

You can purchase the Bokashi, or purchase the EM and make your own. You can also make the EM, if you're so inclined, but it's quite a project! You can put things in a Bokashi Bucket you wouldn't normally put in a compost pile and just sprinkle the Bokashi on top and seal the bucket back up.

The Bokashi causes the food scraps to ferment (not compost) and because it's done in a sealed bucket, there's no real smell and it can be done indoors. Typically, you don't add any "brown material" (carbon) - just the food scraps.

During the process, it leaches a "tea" that needs to be drained (reason for tap on bottom of Bokashi buckets!) and this tea can be diluted (heavily!) and applied directly to the plants, both watered-in and as a foliar.

Two weeks after the bucket is full, you just let it sit and ferment and, after that two weeks, you can plant the food scraps in the garden. When you first plant them, they will look almost exactly like they did when you first tossed them in the bucket because they are not composted - only fermented. But, in just two weeks, or so, they completely break down in the soil.

The smell of fermented Bokashi is pungent, but not "rotten".

There's lots of info on the web and I've been doing Bokashi for about 10 years, so feel free to ask any questions!
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Cheers kindly mr.Krip will do a bit of reading up on it......

Bilbobudkin420 said:
Yerrr im awesome smeegs. Dropped a conveyor belt on myself and busted my neck gave myself a little concussion but got a day off work! Swings and roundabouts lol. I stood my ground though until someone took the weight off me
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Easy does it brother, concussions are nasty things....
 
Smeegol said:
Getting ready to turn in me thinks, have a pleasant evening ms.Birdie...
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You too smeegs :hugs:
Good night, it was fun having you at the grow party :hugs:
Welcome back anytime :)
 
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