after watching your module A section 3.3 video on making bokashi compost, i'm going to start my bokashi system with buckets. we live in an apartment complex and this would be ideal for food scraps. what is the larger blue 30 gallon drum used for? also, where can i buy the bokashi microbes from?
i'm going to start my bokashi system... what is the larger blue drum used for?
Bokashi inoculants here (from Andrew):
Canada https://terrafloraorganics.com/
US http://sdmicrobeworks.com/
Canada https://terrafloraorganics.com/
US http://sdmicrobeworks.com/
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Hi Troy, I started last week and am already at 1/2 a bucket...the larger blue drum is an option for storage by dumping the smaller bucket into it as you will almost certainly run out of space. Another option is to take the full bucket, pop a lid on it and start a second or third, and placing the full lidded ones in storage until you can use them in the spring. The blue barrel would be pretty heavy to manhandle once it is full.troy wrote: ↑Sun 02-Jan-2022, 05:42 after watching your module A section 3.3 video on making bokashi compost, i'm going to start my bokashi system with buckets. we live in an apartment complex and this would be ideal for food scraps. what is the larger blue 30 gallon drum used for? also, where can i buy the bokashi microbes from?
thx for the reply jack. so, just to clarify... we can use a larger container and store usable bokashi compost for future use, but only after it has gone through a fermentation process in the smaller 5 gallon bucket. did i get that right?jack oostenbrink wrote: ↑Sun 02-Jan-2022, 19:47
Hi Troy, I started last week and am already at 1/2 a bucket...the larger blue drum is an option for storage by dumping the smaller bucket into it as you will almost certainly run out of space. Another option is to take the full bucket, pop a lid on it and start a second or third, and placing the full lidded ones in storage until you can use them in the spring. The blue barrel would be pretty heavy to manhandle once it is full.
thank you!Rtdowdy wrote: ↑Sun 02-Jan-2022, 18:28 Bokashi inoculants here (from Andrew):
Canada https://terrafloraorganics.com/
US http://sdmicrobeworks.com/
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that's right Troy. The blue drum should still be airtight though. I think a confusion in the video might have been that the contents or the large drum were fresh looking.troy wrote: ↑Mon 03-Jan-2022, 06:54thx for the reply jack. so, just to clarify... we can use a larger container and store usable bokashi compost for future use, but only after it has gone through a fermentation process in the smaller 5 gallon bucket. did i get that right?jack oostenbrink wrote: ↑Sun 02-Jan-2022, 19:47
Hi Troy, I started last week and am already at 1/2 a bucket...the larger blue drum is an option for storage by dumping the smaller bucket into it as you will almost certainly run out of space. Another option is to take the full bucket, pop a lid on it and start a second or third, and placing the full lidded ones in storage until you can use them in the spring. The blue barrel would be pretty heavy to manhandle once it is full.
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We dumped the contents of making a bokashi system into there in between takes so it looks a little fresh on the top. The drum would normally look like the other smaller bucket shown in the video.