Comments on: Apartment Composting http://compostscoop.com/apartment-composting-273 Grab a shovel and Get the Scoop on Composting Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:01:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Al http://compostscoop.com/apartment-composting-273/comment-page-1#comment-10 Al Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:15:46 +0000 http://compostscoop.com/?p=273#comment-10 Correct. The good news is that the bokashi food waste stores well. You could transfer a full bokashi bucket to a larger container and re-start using it. I encourage people to find others with a compost bin and ask to make a contribution. As I said, a large planter will work too. Some people have buried the waste in their local park. BTW, almost everyone I know who has used a NatureMill in their kitchen eventually moved it on to their balcony or into their garage because of the smell. Correct. The good news is that the bokashi food waste stores well. You could transfer a full bokashi bucket to a larger container and re-start using it. I encourage people to find others with a compost bin and ask to make a contribution. As I said, a large planter will work too. Some people have buried the waste in their local park.

BTW, almost everyone I know who has used a NatureMill in their kitchen eventually moved it on to their balcony or into their garage because of the smell.

]]> By: ComostScoop http://compostscoop.com/apartment-composting-273/comment-page-1#comment-9 ComostScoop Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:35:48 +0000 http://compostscoop.com/?p=273#comment-9 Oh, looks like I misread. Thanks Al! So after two weeks you are done with the indoor process. After that you still need to take it outside? So, this method is good for reducing waste, but maybe not perfect for a tiny apartment since you need an additional place to put waste to "finish off"? Oh, looks like I misread. Thanks Al! So after two weeks you are done with the indoor process. After that you still need to take it outside? So, this method is good for reducing waste, but maybe not perfect for a tiny apartment since you need an additional place to put waste to “finish off”?

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]]> By: Al http://compostscoop.com/apartment-composting-273/comment-page-1#comment-7 Al Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:44:32 +0000 http://compostscoop.com/?p=273#comment-7 "The bran material is called Bokashi and it helps break down your scraps. The airtight container will have no smell at all and can produce high quality compost quickly. Let everything ferment for two weeks, then feed the rich compost to your plants." Not exactly. After two weeks, the food waste will not breakdown or decompose into “black gold” aka compost, inside the bucket. Putting the bokashi fermented food waste into the ground, compost bin or large planter is required to complete the process. This finished material could be ready in as little as two weeks. I usually wait a month. If you do apply the unfinished bokashi waste directly to your plants, the high acidic content [like a pickle] will burn them. “The bran material is called Bokashi and it helps break down your scraps. The airtight container will have no smell at all and can produce high quality compost quickly. Let everything ferment for two weeks, then feed the rich compost to your plants.”

Not exactly.

After two weeks, the food waste will not breakdown or decompose into “black gold” aka compost, inside the bucket. Putting the bokashi fermented food waste into the ground, compost bin or large planter is required to complete the process. This finished material could be ready in as little as two weeks. I usually wait a month.

If you do apply the unfinished bokashi waste directly to your plants, the high acidic content [like a pickle] will burn them.

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