"BOKASHI"

[Cranford Steve]

I am going make two massive "BOKASHI" bins. I think I shall use the black wheelie bins. When one is full you need to leave it for 2 weeks, so while it is fermenting I shall be filling up the other! Hopefully it will work, I am also going to make my own bokashi bran!

[ChrisG]

Apparently, for it to work properly, there has to be some way for the liquid to drain out of the bottom otherwise you just get a smelly mush in the bin. My bin has a trivet at the bottom, which separates the liquid from the compstable stuff, and there is a tap to drain it off every so often. It can be diluted and used as liquid plant feed too

[Cranford Steve]

I am going to make a sort of perforated shelf in the bottom with a tap. Not sure what out of yet but thats the plan!

[Lillia]

What is Bokashi?

[Steve the Gas]

Bran

[Lillia]

Bran? Like the stuff I put in my blackberry muffins? Or my morning cereal?

[manda]

The bran has a bacteria in it that you sprinkle over the food stuffs - shut it in a sealed bucket and over a couple of weeks it ferments..then you bury it and it composts.

[Lillia]

The bran has a bacteria in it that you sprinkle over the food stuffs - shut it in a sealed bucket and over a couple of weeks it ferments..then you bury it and it composts.

Aah! so it's not edible bran~ it's strictly for composting. Thank you, Manda

[manda]

The bran is wheat bran Lillia...you could eat it but after you add molasses and the microorganisms you might not want to