bokashi

[lainey lou]

im going to order mine asap

Any luck with that link I PM'd you?

[hawthorns]

yeah just the job thanks

[Alison]

It takes me a few months to fill a bin but the juice stuff doesn't get any more icky, it just stays a thin, pale brown colour. Bit of a yucky smell but not really bad. The bigger problem I have is trying to get the smell out of the bin when I wash it out, seems to linger on the plastic for some reason. It doesn't bother me but OH has a real objection to the smell. Mind you, I've never seen so many worms in my compost bin! I'm thinking of putting the next one in my bean trench, anybody any oppinion if this is a good idea or not????

[snake the squadie]

i allways put mine into the bean trench and have allways had good results from my beans. dont know if this is the right thing to do but it works for me

[lainey lou]

Yes, I'm planning on using my next few batches in the bean trench too.

[Alison]

Thanks guys, guess what I'll be doing this weekend (in the snow if the weather forecast is to be believed!)

[JennieAtkinson]

The liquid is very good for septic tanks, that's where I use my supply (we have a Bokashi at work). Bit worried about using it on the ground. I've not had much luck with putting the bokashi bin contents straight into the ground (lots of leaf and not alot of veg) so put it into the compost bin now as an accelerator.

[GYOMalcolm]

The liquid is very good for septic tanks, that's where I use my supply (we have a Bokashi at work). Bit worried about using it on the ground. I've not had much luck with putting the bokashi bin contents straight into the ground (lots of leaf and not alot of veg) so put it into the compost bin now as an accelerator.

I keep reading this, but can't believe it. How do we know?

The reason I can't believe it is I know how bokashi works. The fermentation produces lactic acid. This is a strong bactericide (and the the main active ingredient in Toilet Duck!). Septic tanks work by the waste being decomposed by bacteria. I'd have thought they wouldn't take kindly to lactic acid, and decide to die instead.

I believe the acid is also "food" to some other kinds of soil organism. They have to deal with it before others can eat the bokashi material. This might be why some people report that worms initially flee to the other end of a wormery, before gorging themselves a week or so later.

I have a septic tank, so I'd like to know the truth. Do you have first hand observations or a reliable source? Right now I suspect the story originates in reports about bokashi cleaning drains, which is true, as one would expect of a bactericide.

[Jay-ell]

Hi Malcolm, these threadbare from 2008 and several of the grapes you're replying to no longer frequent the vine so it's unlikely they're here to answer

[veggiechicken]

Malcolm, you're asking questions on some very old threads. Many of the participants are no longer active members. Jennie Atkinson hasn't visited the Forum since 2010. I doubt that she will come back to answer your questions now!

[veggiechicken]

Snap, Jay-ell