COMPOST (almost) ANYTHING FAST | How to Bokashi Compost | Auxhart Gardening

[@AuxhartGardening]

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[@YhabaYshral]

I'm almost certain I'm gonna start a bokashi in the next week or so!!!!

[@lesleewhittaker6687]

This is the clearest and easiest to understand explanation of Bokashi, this is an awesome video - thank you 🤩

[@AuxhartGardening]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MariaLuciaGomezGreenberg]

You’ve done a fantastic job explaining this great method-bravo! 🤗💚👏🏼 I’ve been composting with 🐛🐛🐛 worms, my favorite, for 15 years. Unfortunately, worms cannot handle dairy, meats, oils, citrus and others. So, I started a bokashi bin last month for those foods that I could not compost before. I’ve done lots of reading and viewed lots of videos and find it easier as I get used to it. Because we don’t want mold to start on food scraps as we collect them, I place my bokashi scraps in refrigerator or freezer. Once I got a bag full, about 2 or 3 days, I place in bin, sprinkle bokashi grain, press it down, do not 👎 mix, so that I keep out as much air as possible. I have a second self made bucket ready so that while first bucket ferments further for 2 weeks, I can get going and not waste a thing. I dilute juice 300 to 1-1 tablespoon to a gallon of water that I leave out to get as much chlorine to evaporate as possible before putting precious juice in. My plants look great 😊. Enjoy and keep learning and teaching as we heal our beautiful planet 🌎. 💙🕊💚

[@AuxhartGardening]

Thank you so much for the kind words and sharing your experience! I'm so so glad I was able to help you out a little. Great advice on the dilution too!

[@judytelles3518]

thank you also for all tips.

[@wonderfulherennow]

Awesome. This is an ' all you need to know about Bokashi compost' video and you're the Bokashi 101 Girl. Thanks for clearing the mist on Bokashi compost, off of my mind.

[@AuxhartGardening]

You're very welcome!

[@Maineiac88]

Bokashi is awesome! I love how it can be done at literally any scale and can potentially solve a lot of our waste problems, and easily too! The only suggestion I have is for your compost or soil factory part. You aren't wrong at all necessarily, just perhaps a easier method. Once the bokashi is fermented you no longer need anaerobic conditions and aerobic environment is actually better suited. Notice even the covered ferment isn't breaking down quickly? You could cover it over with a tarp to keep it from getting rained on by just allowing sides bottoms to not be sealed tight. What breaks down the ferment to soil the quickest is contact with soil and oxygen (which is available even if buried in the soil). At this point you want the other digestive organisms to start decomposition from fermentation which are aerobic. Remember soil is a living organism and it needs oxygen for it all to work. You don't need to create composting conditions (mixing greens browns, turning, or heat) to finish this process. However, you absolutely can compost your bokashi. Composting bokashi vs burying it will release more carbon, energy in heat loss, and other gases though. Your method probably slows down that gas releasing but also slows down the process too. Any of that ferment that's exposed will be decomposing and off gassing. If it's buried that is how the carbon gets trapped and sequestered in the soil, creating that rich black gold soil. Remember to have it ALL in contact with soil I would keep the tarp, just let it breathe. Also I would turn the broken down soil in the middle over to the right side where the fresh ferment is. Mix it good, bury it with that soil, then in 2 weeks dump your next on the left side, and rake over to cover it! Looks really good!! If you have large amounts of waste to ferment that is when you would make a tight pile, add inoculant, then cover air tight with a tarp to ferment

[@IjeomaThePlantMama]

Thank you very much for the tip on not putting already rotting food into the bokashi bin, I had been planning on doing exactly that with all the food scraps collecting in my kitchen compost bin. Nobody else has mentioned the bokashi needing to compete with the other bacteria and that leading to rot. You just saved me from a stinky mistake!

[@marciadavey3909]

Thank you so much for such a clear explanation! I haven’t tried this yet but you answered ALL the questions I had and I’m eager to get going!

[@AuxhartGardening]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ArtandAudacity]

I never realized there were more ways to compost other than the regular compost pile. I'm gonna have to try this one out in the future.

[@AuxhartGardening]

Same! I was so happy to find this method because I've always had trouble with a regular pile.

[@ScottHead]

Glad you are composting everything. Great method.

[@AuxhartGardening]

Thanks!

[@yoiyomismo]

Very well explained, great content, thank you!😊

[@AuxhartGardening]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MyTube4Utoo]

Such a great explanation. Thank you. Also, if you don't, you should work in television. You come across as very genuine, and you're great in front of the camera. Actually, you remind me of one of my daughters (the nice one). 😆

[@ltlbnsgarden]

Very interesting method. Sounds fairly simple and quick 😊

[@AuxhartGardening]

It is! I was very happy to find it.

[@lornaschauseil9074]

I am just starting to use Bokashi so I really appreciate this particular video. You explain the little details that others leave out. Going on to the next video now - making your own Bokashi Bran. Do you do anything with worms? I wondered about that when you filled the raised bed and used mushroom compost. Love your videos so far. If you want to learn how to make bread - check out Bake With Jack videos. He is awesome and explains things to make it easy to make really good bread (including sourdough). Thanks again

[@AuxhartGardening]

I don't do anything with worms. I seem to have a lot in my soil so I haven't thought too much about them. Thanks for the bread recommendation!

[@davidpruitt3982]

Very interesting method of composting. Thanks for sharing this video. 👍🏻

[@AuxhartGardening]

You're welcome!

[@LabbieMama]

Great video. Love the budget way to do it. Quick question. We love the idea of the cardboard cut out to push and hold down the materials in the bucket. Do you then layer on top of the cardboard and then add another cardboard circle? Or pull up the cardboard circle and reuse it? Looking forward to trying bokashi.

[@AuxhartGardening]

I'll re-use it a couple of times, mostly out of laziness, until it's too flimsy.

[@sarahkirbach5040]

I really want to try this, thanks for sharing. I've never heard of it before

[@AuxhartGardening]

You should! I really like it so far.

[@sallyalonzo5055]

I have wanted to start composting, but have a VERY tiny yard; this might be a workable option for me. Thank you for sharing.

[@AuxhartGardening]

You're welcome! I hope it works out for you.

[@FrontYardGardener]

Bokashi is mainly Lactobacillus, brewing grains are sick with Lacto and will ferment/compost very fast and hot.

[@ImASurvivorNThriver]

Good stuff! Thanks for sharing.

[@AuxhartGardening]

You're welcome!

[@chefkevinward]

superb well done

[@AuxhartGardening]

Thank you!

[@margaretyip3469]

Thank you so much for your video and all the information. I live in an appartment and i am very excited about this method of composting and I am going to try it out very soon. I make my own sourdough bread and also water kefir. Do you think I can put in my sourdough discard and water kefir grains ?

[@AuxhartGardening]

Yeah absolutely! I think those would be a great addition to your compost. Also I've been trying to get a sourdough starter going, but it's definitely struggling. Last week I made a brick of bread bc it didn't rise at all lol

[@norma3682]

I know you did this video a long time ago but I hope you see this question. Where do you keep your bucket while it's fermenting? Do you have to keep it in a climate controlled environment or can you do it on your porch? I live in the Midwest and would love to do this but not inside because of space. And advice would help. Also, in case you are still doing this using those buckets, for a few dollars you can buy a drain spout, drill a hole in the bucket and insert the spout. Easier to drain. I did this with my Kombucha fermentation buckets.

[@AuxhartGardening]

Hey! Yep I see all the new comments, regardless of how old the video is. I keep my bucket on my covered porch. I'm not fully sure how much the heat affects it, but it still seems to be working alright. I also have stopped bothering with draining my buckets at all. I haven't noticed it making any difference.

[@STMFRE]

Thank you very much dear Rachel ... I will apply what you told on my farm land to a large extent ... I need another idea about bokashi and biochar compost ... can we create a synergy if we use both together

[@AuxhartGardening]

I've never done anything with biochar, so I don't really know. Although I would think they would work really well together.

[@lauraschwarz5182]

Excellent explanation-once you bury it in the garden, do you ever have problems with critters trying to dig it out? I use a tumbler & my dog brings me dead lizards all of the time. They go right in and disappear quickly!

[@AuxhartGardening]

I haven't had this problem yet, but it's possible it would happen. Perhaps covering with a netting or cardboard would be enough to deter them if it was a problem though.

[@bobbiwho2269]

Do you take that cardboard out when you add another layer or just layer on top of it?

[@AuxhartGardening]

You can leave cardboard in it, as long as it doesn't have any plastic tape on it :)

[@cecilia93]

How sensitive is it to light? I wonder if you could do a small scale one on the countertop with those air lock lids!

[@AuxhartGardening]

I think you could definitely do it small scale! I think it does need to be dark, though.

[@phyllisadams70]

Thank you so much for sharing your experience and expertise! I am very interested in doing the Bokashi composting but am allergic to dairy. Can you tell me if the milk breaks down enough that I don't have to worry or if I can use plant-based milk such as soy? Thank you!

[@AuxhartGardening]

The part that's important to the composting is dairy-specific. You need the lactobacillus bacteria. However, this shouldn't affect you when it comes to using the resulting compost to grow food. Even if you poured milk directly into the soil by your plants, your plants will not uptake the lactose.

[@airhead058]

@@AuxhartGardening Thank you so much! I was thinking that but you explained it very well. I feel at ease now and will begin the process. You are amazing!

[@GlynisDance]

Thank you - very interesting video :)

[@AuxhartGardening]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@williamgates2466]

Interesting

[@qqqlby]

Helpful and sweet

[@AuxhartGardening]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@primrozie]

Do you think that the addition of chicken pooh with straw or hay could speed the process? Or would it ruin it? I bought a 25lb bag of wheat bran pretty cheap to use for making it rather newspaper. What are your actual preferences after having used both? Thank you so much for all the info!

[@AuxhartGardening]

I don't know about how manure reacts to the process, but I would assume it wouldn't affect the process much, since it's just more material for the bacteria to break down. I think if you have the patience to work with the bran, it's nicer to use once it's innoculated, but newspaper is easier to work with in the innoculation process.

[@maryhalifax5286]

I have a similar question about pet waste. I use natural litter (wood pellets and shredded paper) and wondered if the microorganisms living on cat poo would impede the bokashi bacteria?

[@franziskafrische9588]

Thanks so much for this. I am a bit worried as I want to put the bucket where I hang my laundry to dry. Is there a strong smell?

[@AuxhartGardening]

As long as your bucket seals properly, there isn't a lingering smell. You'll smell it each time you open it to add food, though.

[@MariaLuciaGomezGreenberg]

The smell, when you keep air out and sprinkle plenty of bokashi grain, is a pickling smell-not bad at all.

[@AnestheticsForAna]

Any books on bokashi that you recommend?

[@aliciaspadaccino5338]

Can you put sourdough starter in the bokashi?

[@AuxhartGardening]

That's a good question! I've never tried it. My guess is that it could be okay, as long as you've got a good airtight seal on your bucket.

[@francismeowgannou5322]

I thought you put ur cat in the bokashi bucket because of the pause before you talked about the mice that it brings hahaha.

[@triciaoakley13]

Can you leave the bucket longer till it all breaks down totally ?

[@AuxhartGardening]

Good question! Although it would seem it works that way, it doesn't. The bokashi bucket is a pre-fermentation of your food waste that accelerates the normal composting process when you either add it to your compost pile or bury it in the ground.

[@arvellataratuta2150]

I have past date canned chicken, small cans like tuna. No bulging of can. Can I add this to bokashi compost

[@AuxhartGardening]

As long as it hasn't gone moldy or rancid, probably. I'd add extra bokashi grain to it to offset anything that might be growing on it as a precaution.

[@lajuramesh6447]

Instead of using grains we can add newspaper right

[@AuxhartGardening]

Yeah, if you're using newspaper inoculated with the lactobacillus bacteria.

[@said.skopal]

And you waiting just 2 weeks? And then you burry that into ground for 7 days?

[@AuxhartGardening]

Yes, that's the minimum turnaround for this. Depending on how small you cut what you're composting into pieces, and what you're composting, it's possible to take longer. For example, avocado skins and pits always take forever to compost for me, so even after other things have broken down I'm having to pull them out.