r/bokashi

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Plastic free home composter?

Hi everyone,

Maybe this is just me, but does anyone else wish there was a compost bin that was plastic-free, didn't smell, didn't attract rats, and didn't need constant attention, composted relatively quick?

I like the idea of composting, but every option I look at seems to involve some trade-off.

Curious if others are looking for the same thing, or if most people are happy with what's already available. What would your ideal setup be? FYI I rent a small unit with minimal/no yard space

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u/Quintin__89 — 2 days ago
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اليوم الأول بعد التغذية⏳

رائحة تشبه الأسيتون مزيل طلاء الأظافر وتكون طبقة بيضاء خفيفة على السطح

إشارة فيزيائية وحيوية واضحة جداً لما يحدث داخل العلبة الآن

حسب جيمناي

التفسير العلمي لرائحة الأسيتون

نشاط الخمائر البرية (Wild Yeasts): بسبب غياب صمام الأمان وتكرار فتح غطاء العلبة لتنفيسها، تسللت كميات من الأكسجين
والخمائر الطبيعية المحمولة في الهواء إلى الداخل.

التخمر الكحولي السريع: هذه الخمائر بدأت بـالتغذية على السكريات الوفيرة الموجودة في دبس أرض الطبيعة، وقامت بتحويلها إلى كحول (إيثانول).

تكون الإسترات (Esters): تحت حرارة الغرفة، يتفاعل الكحول الناتج بسرعة مع الأحماض العضوية القوية التي أفرزتها بكتيريا حمض اللاكتيك (LAB) سابقاً. هذا التفاعل الكيميائي ينتج مركب يُسمى "إيثيل الأسيتات" (Ethyl Acetate)، وهو المركب المسؤول كيميائياً عن رائحة الأسيتون أو الفواكه المتخمرة النفاذة.

u/unioll — 2 days ago

A bucket of bokashi years later...

There was a hidden bucket of bokashi from who knows how long ago... I just found and opened it yesterday and it was all liquid.... is the liquid good for anything?

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u/Redtwinkienyc — 7 days ago
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حسناً أسرعت بفصل المصل عن الخثارة لأني رأيت شعيرات العفن ورائحته😶‍🌫️😬

أتوقعت ان سأحصل على الكمية الظاهرة في المنشورات السابقه فقط لكن عند تحريك الخثارة النازله تحت اتضح فيه مصل اكثر

الصورة الأخيرة هي أمس المساء

ظننت يومين غير كافيين وأعتقدت سينفصل بشكل ظاهر اكثر بكن كان يجب حصادها امس

عادي انا اتعلم وهذه مرتي الاولى الناجحة، الفائتة فشلت

رائحة الماء مثل اللبن الزبادي او جبن ورائحته المعروفة

صفيته مرتين بعد التصفيه الاساسيه

عملية أشعرتني بالفوضوية وانجاز شيء نفسي فيه من زمان، وضعت البكتيريا في الثلاجة لم يكن السائل شفاف أصفر، لكن ممكن مع التخزين تترسب الاجزاء الصغيرة ويكون السائل غير معكر وصافي ان شاء الله

الحمدلله عموماً😮‍💨🥳🤩

u/unioll — 9 days ago

Homemade 'effective microbes'

Hi all,

I'm using this recipe to create an inoculant which I hope to use for bokashi composting. I know that strictly speaking, I'm not making 'EM1' as claimed, since that's proprietary, but the gist seems to be that you're aiming to create a mixture of lactobacillus, yeasts and soil microbes which then inoculates a substrate (i.e bran, sawdust, shredded newspaper, dried grass, etc) that you mix with your compostable waste, ferment (or rather, pickle) anaerobically to create the bokashi 'product'. The product then goes on your compost or gets buried or fed to worms (after adjusting the pH if needed), or whatever you use it for, and this is measurably good in ways that aren't super relevent to this post.

Does anyone here have experience creating their own EM mixtures? If so, I have a couple of questions:

- How did the intermediate or final 'EM' mixture smell? I have not yet mixed my yeast/yoghurt/molasses mixture with the soil water as instructed, but it's been about a month and the smell is distinctly sour - very much like off yoghurt and not at all pleasant. The mixture has a light brown 'raft' floating on top. Will this smell transfer to the final inoculant?

- How did you go about inoculating your substrate? My plan is to fill a spray bottle and gently mist a bag of whatever it is I choose to use, then allowing it to dry before storage and use, but is there anything I ought to be aware of during this process?

- Is there anything major I should be aware of about doing this 'homemade' compared to just buying bran or inoculating with prepared EM1?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

u/DonGrappote — 13 days ago
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Did I do it right?

Hi everyone,

this is my first time trying to create beneficial microbes on purpose and this is the result for now. Can anyone tell me if that looks correct or if this is just mold?

I did the following steps:

  1. Wash some rice

  2. Let the rice water sit for a night

  3. When it smells sweet, add some milk

  4. Wait for the phases to separate and the chees to float.

  5. Create a sugar solution and add yeast

  6. Let sit for a night

  7. Combine the two liquids and inoculate the substrate

  8. Put the moist substrate in a big container and make sure its anaerobic

  9. Let it sit for 2 weeks

Substrate: mix of old brown cardboard, wheatbran and coffeegrounds.

Container: washed out glass jar, i made some co2 and poured it in in hope of removing all oxygen and put the lid lightly on top - did not screw it closed because i dont want to create a pressurized gas vessel in case some gasses build up

u/AMPZar — 12 days ago