BOKASHI - BURYING THE WASTE FOR THE 1ST TIME

What to do with the Bokashi waste once your bucket is full. Well, we must take it out to the the garden and bury it to achieve the most benefits. Dig a small trench , approx 800mm long x 500mm wide and 450mm deep. Tip the waste in and cover over with soil. See rest of YouTube channel for further instructional videos.

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[nigelbartlett1]

Hi

After a year of doing bokashi we have a mega rat problem. Rats are digging into the buried bokashi - even bokashi buried 8 months ago, nesting and eating. We have followed the bokashi recipe, all looks good in terms of the bokashi mixture after 4 weeks of pickling its into the trench and all nicely covered up as per video. All well and good until spring time when the rats move in.

Help!

[billjackjane]

@nigelbartlett1 Try Burying 6 inches deeper and then really stomp down on the topsoil.

[tuti2368]

What is squeeling back there..? RATS?

[billjackjane]

@tuti2368 Birds

[fleurbleue8]

I think you have to avoid putting cooked foods and animal products in your bokashi, That is what attracts the rats. Look it up in the Findhorn book,, they mention it somewhere. Good luck!

[Pregolegs]

Can you compost bread and rice with Bokashi? Also, how do you know when your Bokashi is ready to be buried?

[nigelbartlett1]

Thanks will try that. Nigel

[projectoutdream]

@nigelbartlett1 feed your bokashi scraps to a worm farm. for the garden combine the ruth stout method with bokashi to very quickly create fertile conditions. in other words mix up a large batch of bokashi & cover the entire surface of your garden with it, cover that with 8 inches of mulch in the form of grass clippings, hay/alfalfa/straw, wood chips, leaves, etc. use the dirt from your worm farm for seed starting & potted plants.

[IdahoViewing]

@crazyaboutcompost You can also make your own bokashi by buying the essential microbes and carrier. Do a search on essential microbes and how to make bokashi.

[nigelbartlett1]

Thanks for the tip. Will try the burying deeper.

A friend has also suggested after 4 weeks put the bokashi into a sealed compost bin and mix with regular compost - later dig into to the garden.

nigel

[billjackjane]

@crazyaboutcompost Bag of Green Frog Bokashi will do 2 x Green Frog Bokashi Buckets of waste.