I am doing my mix according to Neal Foley’s recipe, but using rice bran. I found that the amt of water he recommended was way too wet and I had to add much more bran to make it reasonably dry (“holds into a ball, but crumbles at first touch”). Consequently I’m worried that I didn’t put enough molasses and EM per volume of the bran; I’m hoping that I just have to let it ferment longer for the colony to multiply. I am seeing the white fuzzy mold on top which I gather is a good sign.

I also open the box up and peel back a corner of the plastic bag cover to peek, hope I didn’t ruin it.

FWIW, the bokashi mix I got from EM America was very dark, and my currently fermenting mix is very pale. Probably a case of drying it out vs. having it wet.