PRO-BIOTIC COMPOSTING USING EM BOKASHI
The problem with putting your mixed kitchen waste into a normal compost bin is that if it contains meat or fish or dairy products it becomes disgusting, it creates flies, maggots, attracts rats, produces ammonia and methane. This is because it putrifies under pathogenic bacterial processes. The good news is the application of bokashi bran can turn this process of putrefaction into fermentation.
Bokashi Active Bran is a dry mixture of bran and molasses that has been inoculated with a pro-biotic mixture of micro-organisms sometimes called EMs or Effective micro-organisms. It is a mixed microbial culture of selected species of micro-organisms such as lactic acid bacteria, yeasts, photosynthetic bacteria and actinomycetes.
What it entails: Collect your food waste in an airtight lidded container, sprinkle a layer of Bokashi bran over food scraps every time you add them, once full leave the container for 2 weeks for the fermentation process to take place. After 2 weeks add the contents to your compost bin or dig a hole in the ground and bury it. It will break down in 4 to 6 weeks, the fermented matter produces abundant amounts of nutrients and anti oxidants which revitalize soil and it is teeming with pro-biotic bacteria which enhance the health of your plants.
To use this system you do need access to garden to either bury the fermented waste or to add it to a compost bin. It is therefore not ideal for people who live in flats unless you have access to communal gardens. I do know someone who collects her food waste in a bokashi bucket and then gives it to her mother to add to her compost bin, that’s dedication for you.
Some benefits of the Bokashi System
• No smells because friendly and safe bacteria are used
• No fruit flies
• Small & compact for the kitchen or can be kept outside
• Composts cooked and uncooked food, meat, fish, fruit and vegetables
• Will rebuild the soil in your garden on a microbial level
• Will decontaminate soil from harmful pathogens and pollutants
• Watch your garden bloom with new life as you bury your fermented food waste
directly under the soil
• Be part of an organic solution by directing food waste away from landfill.
Bokashi Buckets
We supply 3 types of bokashi system:
• The Deluxe system is of superb quality and has a tap for draining off the liquid produced during the fermentation process
• The Standard system, like the deluxe model these buckets have a tap for draining off the liquid, they are made from a thinner plastic than the deluxe and don’t look quite as elegant but they do the same job.
• The ‘Cheap and cheerful’ system is, as its name implies, a basic system consisting of an air tight lidded container but no tap.
• For the system to work continuously you need 2 containers. A popular option is 1 deluxe plus 1 cheap and cheerful
Bokashi buckets ( supplied with 600g of bran )
You can place an order through the website or phone 01886 832559 or email: info@bubblehouseworms.com
Pair of deluxe buckets Code DD £69.00 p+p £6.50
Pair of standard buckets Code SS £50.00 p+p £6.50
Pair of 10 litre ‘cheap and cheerful’ Code CC10B £15.00 p+p £6.50
Pair of 20 litre ‘cheap and cheerful’ Code CC20B £20.00 p+p £6.50
Single deluxe plus 10 litre ‘cheap and cheerful’ Code DC10B £43.00 p+p £6.50
Single deluxe plus 20 litre ‘cheap and cheerful’ Code DC20B £48.00 p+p £6.50
Bokashi bran
600g bag Code B600 £3.99 p+p £2.50
5 Litre bucket (1KG) Code B1000 £5.00 p+p £4.50
10 Litre bucket (2KG) Code B2000 £10.00 p+p £6.50
20 Litre bucket (4kg) Code B4000 £18.00 p+p £6.50
25 Litre bucket (5kg) Code B5000 £20.00 p+p £6.50
