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Bokashi Update – March 26, 2008

Bokashi Food Waste Added to Worm Bin

Today I added some of my finished bokashi mix to my large indoor worm bin. What was interesting was that it was from the bucket that had the poorly fitting lid, and I must say the material didn’t smell nearly so pleasant as when I checked on it last week (after it had been brewing for several weeks). While it brewed I had the other full bucket (which does have a tightly fitting lid) sitting on top of it, helping to keep it sealed. Now that it’s been exposed to air it is starting to smell like a regular anaerobic mess of food waste!

Regardless, I know it will end up as a tasty buffet for my worms, although they may not be interested in moving into it right away – we shall see. I added a layer of shredded cardboard to the bin before adding the food waste to provide a bit of a buffer zone for the worms, in case they are not happy with the new material.

I opened up the other bokashi bucket for a whiff and it still smelled quite good, so I suspect the odours are in fact due to a changing of the ecosystem as a result of oxygen getting in.

Anyway, I’ll report back once I see what happens in the bin!

[tags]bokashi, worm composting, vermicomposting, worm bin, composting, effective microorganisms, em, friendly microorganisms[/tags]

Written by Compost Guy on March 26th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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#1. September 12th, 2011, at 4:19 PM.

Hi Compost Guy,

so, how did the experiment continue? And are you still feeding your worms with your kitchen bokashi? Is it something you would generally recommend like that the worms really prefer the fermented food scraps to raw ones?

lila.choc