https://www.compostguy.com/bokashi/interesting-bokashi-article/ Composting, Gardening, Sustainable Living Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:13:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.compostguy.com/bokashi/interesting-bokashi-article/comment-page-1/#comment-37629 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:13:32 +0000 https://www.compostguy.com/bokashi/interesting-bokashi-article/#comment-37629 I have been using the bokashi bin for about 8 months now. I am interested in starting the worm compost and would like to know more about how it worked out with adding the bokashi sludge to the worms. Are you still doing that? Any recommendations since your trial back in 2008? Thanks Sandy

]]> https://www.compostguy.com/bokashi/interesting-bokashi-article/comment-page-1/#comment-18282 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:32:23 +0000 https://www.compostguy.com/bokashi/interesting-bokashi-article/#comment-18282 How do we incorporate the oyster mushrooms into out em1 bokashi to help with diesel spill cleanup ? how much and when ?

]]> https://www.compostguy.com/bokashi/interesting-bokashi-article/comment-page-1/#comment-618 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:25:45 +0000 https://www.compostguy.com/bokashi/interesting-bokashi-article/#comment-618 Hey Compost Guy, i find the result of your experiment very interesting and have done something similar with my Permaculture mulch pad. I live in Metro Manila, Philippines and to explain in a nutshell our soil conditions here, its as poor and arid as it can get. After reading your experiment on the combination of bokashi and vermicomposting, i decided to do my own but in this case i used bokashi and my traditional mulch pads in tandem. As opposed to other methods which involved digging up the soil, all i did was to place bokashi directly on top of the soil and then placed my mulch pads above it. When i inspected my Bokashi piles the next day i was surprised to find it was covered with a large amount of mycelium and invited all sorts of microorganisms to feast on the remains. Two days after i was surprised to see mushrooms on top of my Bokashi/Mulch Pads. I believe there’s something about Bokashi that hastens the composting process, and urge you and many other like-minded individuals to do more experiments. I’m looking forward to the results of your experiment and i think it would be nice if we could start a discussion with other people who are interested on the subject. On a side note, might i recommend that you read the works of Paul Stamets concerning mycoremediation and the utilization of fungi in the composting process. One example illustrated by him on the rapidity and efficiency of Fungi in the composting process involved inoculating diesel-soaked soil with a strain of Oyster mushrooms known for turning diesel into non-toxic organic matter. A few days or weeks (i dont remember anymore) after inoculating the toxic soil, he and his colleagues were shocked to find huge Oyster mushrooms. What’s even more interesting is that when the mushrooms started to rot, it invited a good load of maggots which in turn invited birds whose droppings contained seeds. In effect, his little fungi experiment resulted in the establishment of a mini-ecosystem leading him to the idea that fungi are a keystone in the composting process. If you wish to talk more on the subject just contact me via Yahoo Messenger, use the email i provided for in the comment form.

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