Comments on: Bokashi Basics

By: Riana Nolte

Riana Nolte — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:09:15 +0000

Hi
I live in South Africa and would like to add Bokashi to my present system (I have a small worm farm). How do I go about getting hold of the microbes?

Regards
Riana

By: Compost Guy

Compost Guy — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:10:44 +0000

Wow Eric! That is certainly a nice compliment coming from you.
Thanks also for the additional info!

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:03:02 +0000

Hi Bentley,

You sure did a nice job summing up the bokashi stuff. It seems like people are starting to understand it. I would like to add that “bokashi” can be made with just about any high carbon material. This can include any dried plant material (leaves, grass, etc.). You can also use bokashi as a mulch and soil conditioner. When making it, you can add in mineral powders, fish meal, etc to add some nutrients to the mix.

You might want to look into many of the application of EM1 itself. Getting the product into Canada is tricky though because of importation restrictions!

Regards,
Eric
Exec. VP EM America

By: Compost Guy

Compost Guy — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:17:31 +0000

Hi Karen,
Thanks for stopping by, and for the heads-up about Mark’s blog! Will go check that out!

Bentley, the “Compostman” Christie

By: Karen Dowell

Karen Dowell — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:28:39 +0000

Great article about bokashi Compostman. Mark Ecclestone has been using bokashi since May of this year has written several posts about his experiences, which may be useful for your readers. He also takes fab photos!

http://thegreenfingeredphotographer.blogspot.com/2007/11/bokashihelping-you-to-recycle-more.html

By: Compost Guy

Compost Guy — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:07:06 +0000

Hi Al!
Thanks for stopping by, and for sharing your expertise!
I love the idea of creating something that the worms will go crazy for. I think the contents of a bokashi bucket would be a great addition to my outdoor worm composting bin (once an indoor bucket is finished). It will be nice and warm (from being inside) and will be chock full of tasty microbes.

I have not yet ordered any bokashi, but have actually been meaning to send you an email!

By: Al

Al — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:38:35 +0000

Bentley,

Thanks again for a link. You have summed up the issues pretty well.

I can offer two responses to your Cons:

1) You’ll need to have a constant supply of Bokashi mix on-hand

You don’t need much. A 1kg bag can last 2 – 4 months. I encourage people to use as little as necessary to make the process work. If it smells rotten or putrefying – add more bokashi.

4) Even though it can be done on a small-scale, the end product needs to be put somewhere (ie. potential winter limitations).

As it is in a sealed container there is no smell, so you can store the bucket inside until the world is ready [warm enough] to receive it. It is probably possible process it inside in a large enough container with some soil and material from your worm bins [including worms].

Worms absolutely love bokashi compost material and breed like crazy in my compost bins.

You wrote the post in October [I don't know why I didn't see this before now:-)]. Do you have your bokashi yet?