How to Compost in Small Spaces with Organic Bokashi Composting
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- Bokashi composting is a Japanese method of composting created by Teruo Higa. It's an anaerobic process which ferments the food scraps using effective microorganisms. It's great for kitchens and small apartments!
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Thank you for this video. I live in rural Japan and was surprised to find this word being used in English, although the way it's used here and in English are very different. In any case, I wanted to help you with your pronunciation of the Japanese name Teruo Higa and the Ryukyu Islands. Teruo is pronounced with three syllables "tay-roo-oe." You got Higa right. 'Hee-gah" And Ryukyu "ryu" is like "few" with an "f." And "cue" for "kyu." ryew-cue , two syllables. The Japanese "r" is different from an American "r" but this is fine for now. :)
I like that your videos are short n sweet. Easy to understand without making the viewer overwhelmed.
Hi! This is actually the best bokashi video I've seen - and I'm researching-, so thank you very much.💕
Lost you for around 2 years so glad I found you again!!
The pronounciation of ryukyu and teruo killed me XD that was so funny. thank you for trying though but it was not exactly accurate hehe. Great video however~
If u dont have a backyard to bury in, u can use a container with lid and mix with potting soil and wait for it to break down.👍
Then what do you do with it
@@shinamonbutter you use it in potting containers, like container gardens for people who only have a balcony/no yard lol. Just like as if u bought a bag of compost. It breaks down and turns into homemade compost.👍
Man i want to visit the Raiyukaiyas someday.
lol. worst name butchering ever.
Just say "few" with an "r" instead of an "f" and then "cue" as in cue ball. The pronunciation is off in the video. :)
Thank you for this video, though the pronunciation of the Japanese names shortened my lifespan slightly.
Same tbh
I loved the *slight* hesitation before she said the names. You could hear her getting to that part of the script and steeling herself
I wish I could give this a heart. Thank you!
I like the concept as I live in a small apartment with limited garden space... however, this seems like a lot of work compared to a simple compost bin in the corner of the garden. I'm a vegetarian so I'm not concerned with meat or fish scraps, and no cooked food goes to waste as I have a friend with chickens. I liked the video, but I'm sticking with compost. Bokashi seems too involved for this lazy gardener. Anyone who had used Bokashi, feel free to convince me otherwise. Thanks.
I liked this article. www.angieslist.com/articles/bokashi-makes-composting-more-flexible.htm
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how do you make your compost? I am moving in a new apartment and want to start, but these seem complex.
Where did you get your plastic (?silicone) thing to put inside to keep the air out?
I’ve seen them at Asian supermarkets, in the home goods section. Silicone pot lids.
I would like to start composting however I live in a townhome and I don't think my homeowner association will allow me to disturb the grass around my house/compost. I also cannot find any composting services that I can use near me. I was told that Bokashi may be an option. With that being said, if I can't bury the bokashi after it is done what are some other alternatives I can do? I'm really trying to get into composting but coming up against so many obstacles.
This blog post gives a few options for bokashi composters living in apartments and condos. bokashiliving.com/composting-for-condos/
Maybe if you use the soil in a pot above ground you could grow things that way without disturbing the grass
you need yourself some worms
bokashi living, your blog post was super helpful!
You can mix with soil in another bucket and wait for it to decompose.
I have a question. The process of fermentation in the bucket was excellent (I did everything following instructions). White mold, pleasant sweet-sour smell. After that I buried (trench method) it in the ground. Covered with black fabric, to prevent from the excessive Florida rain. In 2 weeks I discovered that there are a lot of maggots there. The ground is very hot. I was expecting a lot of earthworm, but did not see any. Is it normal?
Do you have an update on this?
@@frances3266 Yes, there is news. More precisely, it is no longer news. I threw away the bucket a long time ago. I came to the conclusion about uselessness of bokashi.
Not useless you just failed to adapt to the new technique that is proven ....it's like if you do normal compost but it didn't go how you planned so you just say it's useless and stop trying it
Awesome content, thanks for sharing.
What happens if you don't drain the "tea"? Does that really have to be done?
How come I never get the tea? I am doing everything correctly (or so I think), but I never get the tea. What am I doing wrong?
Buying two bokashi bins is a bit expensive. Any recommendation for a regular bpa-free bin to use to store the dirt/post-bokashi mixture for those in apartments/condos?
I bet you can make your own bucket for sure!
We went to a restaurant. Asked for 4 five gallon buckets and 2 lids(it's a waste product for them and they have lots). We drill 20 or so holes in 2 buckets but you could just punch holes in it. Your local garden center should have bokashi. Get a couple small plates from a Thrift store to push food scraps down and keep air tight as possible. Max cost is $15 :)
Ma'am, may i ask what are the indications that the bokashi bucket is ready to be harvested ? thanks
Found it. Thank you.
I have yhat flower 🌼 cover, the silicone one for covering food that u used to cover conpost..yea. i have that too! Lol
Hello! I would like to try this composting method but I live in an apartment and I have no garden to bury the fermented product. Would it be okay to add soil to a closed plastic box, and mix in the ingredients? Would they mix with the soil and make the same process as if in a garden?
You can also donate your compost to a local garden, farmers, or anywhere that accepts them.
Amazing
Im quite a novice gardener. I notice when i need to feed my tomatoes i need a different fertiliser to what i feed my other veggies or plants. How do i know what plants this bokashi juice will be good for
I like the concept of indoor composting, but isn't anaerobic process create a large amount of methane?
This works well. I keep ours in the porch.
Well done thank you
You pronounced Ryukyus incorrectly. Also, can I add old cooked spaghetti, bread, expired soya flour, French's brand prepared yellow mustard that has expired, fruit juice, deep fried bread, etc.? Also, which creates less waste: vermicomposting, or bokashi? It looks like bokashi doesn't actually create soil. I thought it would create soil. I'm an environmentalist and my building manager told me he got rid of the Yard Waste bin (where we're supposed to dispose of our "organics"/"food waste") because it was too stinky. I just moved into the small apartment recently. I suspect that when I start school, I will be so busy studying that I won't have time to travel halfway across the city to dispose of my foodwaste at the private house of an environmentalist. There are city compost sites, but they charge $6 each time you go to drop off your waste. So, I would like a free disposal method. Would vermicomposting create soil that I can put directly into plant pots inside my apartment, and then grow herbs such as cilantro, basil, and have a strawberry bush? Or would vermicomposting create the same slimy banana peels?
I've heard that the essential oil "limonene" in citrus is toxic to worms, so it is best to bokashi your citrus before putting it into the vermicomposter. What is your experience with vermicomposting lime rinds?
+Moondog - if your apartment manager were enlightened, he could have replaced the (presumably non-vented) Yard Waste bin with something like a Jora 400 tumbler. Then residents could compost their food scraps in that. See Nicky Scott's book "How to Make and Use Compost: The Ultimate Guide". Green Books, 2010. He describes composting schemes for institutional kitchens such as schools. An apartment complex could work similarly.
When you start school, check around for a sustainability student group. Somebody has to be running a community composting scheme near every school. If nobody at the school knows of one, check with the municipal waste authority - many of them encourage people to compost instead of filling up the landfill space that is always in short supply. And of course you should not travel a long distance to dispose of small amounts of food scraps. The environmental harm from travel by any motorized method far outweighs the environmental benefits of composting a small volume. For composting to make sense it must be as local as possible.
Will this process reek if the soil and bokashi compost are mixed and left in storage containers indoors?
Can you leave it outside all year? (eg on a balcony) or would a winter frost kill the yeast and bacteria?
Hi, I use a plastic sheet to push down the food scraps in my Bokashi bucket (and keep the sheet inside the bucket to limit air, just as you recommended), but I notice that water droplets appear on the underside of the sheet (the side that is touching the food scraps). This occurs more when I dump in fruit peels and vegetables. Is this normal? Thanks!
How long can the bokashi compost be kept? Are you able to store it at all? I'd love to do compost in the winter months since my city doesn't have green bins
Thanks so much! :) Will definitely start doing this in the winter months then
Minimum 15 days. You can keep it longer too. The longer you keep, the faster the break down happens.
How come I have to keep buying bags of "starter"? If it's indeed a starter, wouldn't it just continue to multiply once I've started it? What if I stirred it up as I added new food so that the probiotic could multiply? Thx
There are videos on making your own starter. Just looking in to them myself. The farmers here in Japan and everyone practically due to the rice polishing machines everywhere have access to hulls and bran. Buying that and fermenting those in big bags would be MUCH cheaper.
will this work on small pots? like milk jugs size? or luggage bag size?
Why not just bury the food scraps directly in the yard and skip the expensive bucket? I just use worms in a bucket, works faster and produces nutritious soil
At what point would I add the bokashi to the aerobic compost pile?
Hello thank you for the great video and i wonder that can I throw some raw grains from not used for a while such as broken wheat and bulgar into the bokashi bucket along with some vegetable, fruit scraps? I bought them to cook but have not used for a while and don't want to waste them... thanks.
yes, of course you can. this is how the bokashi starter is made anyhow, wheat or rice hulls and bran mixed with the microorganisms start the fermentation process.
Brilliant video thanks. Does the bin smell after few days?
I keep 2 bins indoors, no noticeable odour. With the lid off, it smells a bit like kimchi, which makes sense as the process pickles the food waste
Would burying the bokashi in pots work too?
Thank you for a great video! I use bokashi directly in pots with amazing results. Lovely soil from bokashi and thousands of worms. I hope it's ok to share a video in how I do it. There's also videos with the result at my channel. /Sara th-cam.com/video/HB1Bde3-c_4/w-d-xo.html
How to buy the bucket and em powder
where to find thePeaceful Valley basket (new to this :(). Thank you.
www.groworganic.com/blogs/articles/quick-and-easy-bokashi-composting?_pos=3&_sid=9b6072fdf&_ss=r
Hope this helps even though your comment was posted 4 months ago.
Hi, what was the plastic / silicon thing you put on top to keep the air off of it?
@@groworganic What's the name of it? I would like to purchase one.
can I use bokashi to feed my worms in my worm composter? I live in an apartment and I have little to no space for gardening so I'm looking for ways to fully finish my food scraps into soil I can just spread outside, is this possible?
It is possible. As bokashi doesn't turn into usable soil to be used right out of the bucket, I started a worm bin which I fed with bokashi. It works fine, but just that. I expected it to break down super-fast, as the bokashi is already half through the process, but there is no really much difference, compared to a normal worm bin. An advantage of feeding your worms with bokashi is that it is easier to control the water content in it: as your bokashi already lost lots of water, your worm bin will not get excessively wet that easy, so you won't need to soak excess water. Other than that, there is no much difference, but it works fine.
I couldn't stop looking at the chicken next to the tap.
My bokashi always grows mold whatever I do...what am I doing wrong?
If it's white mold that's fine.
Problem ???
Happy to buy a set of Composteur de cuisine Bokashi Organico avec
activateur.
With Bokashi barrels for the first time the second time, according to
youtube and the instructions of the process of composting.
14 days later, did not deliberately pay attention to the above does not
have long white mold, nor the kitchen decomposition, to see every piece of food
are clear that the original peel, no decomposition, then digging the ground to
the kitchen to put the kitchen cover On the soil will think that organic
fertilizer.
The third time with the same process, and then look at the brochure .14
days past no white mold ???. Wait until 14 days no white mold, kitchen no
decomposition ... ... want to succeed and then use some time, Hope to
successfully fermented, to see the long white mold. Almost 60 days. Quite
stunned, those kitchen no complete decomposition,
(60 days before the pods, peel, corn cob and kitchen), the taste is not
unpleasant, but there is no white mold has been more than 60 days no, no no
Covered with white mold, but this time a bit like all the kitchen are
marinated salty dishes, the color has been mostly brown.
I see model advertising TH-cam very easy, very easy
Not 14 days to complete the fermentation - very disappointed,
environmental protection and cheated feeling.
Very ... ... sorry .. Bokashi Organico method lie it
Point solution
GrowOrganic Peaceful Valley
thank you
FRANDIE CHENG had the same experience... Its fuckin impossible to get organic matter decompose that quickly and easily.. I tired the same method and not a single drop of water from the tap. And pickle smell? Who are they kidding!
+Amen Hush - well, there is a way to nearly obliterate kitchen waste in two weeks in a hot compost pile. The pile must be very large, at least two or three cubic yards, so it can get hot enough. Naturally this requires an outdoor compost pile. Dig a shallow hole in the center of the pile. Dump food scraps in hole. Spear the food scraps with a shovel blade, 20 or 40 times, rotating the shovel around its long axis between strikes so you chop the scraps from all angles, until no more food scraps are visible. At this point the food scraps will be chopped into small sizes and pulverized into the hot interior of the pile. Fill the hole with old compost. When you turn the pile in two weeks, you probably will not find any identifiable food scrap item. An exception would be large animal bones that the shovel could not chop into small pieces. Those take longer to dissolve in a compost pile.
how's it different from a biogas design?
it seems the same they are both enerobic digestion. This is a smaller scale thing i suppose but you dont get any of the usefull methane and hydrogen youd get in biogas. im interested in the bacteria but it seems very expensive when you can set up biogas with natural bacteria
Ahhhhh I came here because this method was recommended for apartment composting by a zero waste site. So use plastic and have a yard is what you are telling me. No help whatsoever.
Hi Andrea, Take a look at this blog post about using bokashi composting in apartments and condos. bokashiliving.com/composting-for-condos/ Many people use bokashi successfully with access to limited outside space. You do need to be a bit more creative, but it is possible.
bokashi is not for me. too much work.
Do not add meat, cheese or bones to your compost
Why is that not the point of bokashi? Allowing us to compost all food waste otherwise we may as well just put it in an ordinary compost pile.
Sorry but too many steps. Be great if had an agitator and a canister of co2. Co2 is heavy and pushes the o2 up.
"1/3 of a bag for one full bucket " SOUNDS EXPENSIVE ? " bury it deep " ........ why is that so rats dont dig it up ?
We went to a restaurant. Asked for 4 five gallon buckets and 2 lids(it's a waste product for them and they have lots). We drill 20 or so holes in 2 buckets but you could just punch holes in it. Your local garden center should have bokashi. Get a couple small plates from a Thrift store to push food scraps down and keep air tight as possible. Max cost is $15 :)
Wheat, rice, milk, molasses and two $5 5gallon buckets, give up the pyramid schemes..