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Old October 21, 2008   #31
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I thought you were a moderator.

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Old October 21, 2008   #32
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Worth-I am, but only the general moderators can move threads not in my "jurisdiction." My jurisdiction is undercover gardening. I pm'd Suze to ask her to move it. Thanks again.
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Old November 13, 2011   #33
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I have started my bokashi composting again. Here are two containers of Dwarf Caitydid, one of the Dwarf Projects projects. Then one on the left has only been fertilized with bokashi-both the finished project mixed with the potting soil and also given soil drench with the liquid byproduct. The one on right was fertilized with my regular ferts. Big difference. The difference was even more noticeable 2 weeks ago, so I stopped the experiment, and put bokashi in the container on the right.
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Old November 18, 2011   #34
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This system has just been launched in South africa, but with our poor exchange rate, you can imagine that very few of us can afford it!
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Old November 18, 2011   #35
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I made my own buckets, very simple to do. And made my own inoculant. I bought a bottle of the EM, and inoculated my wheat bran like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96fSXccQx9Q

How to make your own buckets:

http://organicgardening.about.com/b/...shi-bucket.htm

How to make your own inoculant:

http://www.wildlifegardeners.org/for...nnoculant.html
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Old November 18, 2011   #36
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Happy sigh....!



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Old November 18, 2011   #37
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I was real surprised when I started my experiment that I posted the photo on above. The difference was so impressive. Google bokashi composting and read some of the hits if you are interested. You dont have to buy the expensive buckets etc.
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Old January 15, 2012   #38
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My first Bokashi bucket has been going for a week now and so far so good.
The homemade inoculant that I'm using seems to be doing the job but I
Ordered a liter of the EM1 to try as well. I will post an update on how things are going later on.
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Old January 15, 2012   #39
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MDVPC told me about bokashi composting. Like his wife, my husband has banned me from more traditional composting. I am excited to start it. I have been researching places where I can get the components at the best price. I'm happy to follow along on this thread and learn any info as you all discover it too. thank you!

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Old January 16, 2012   #40
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Here are a couple of websites that show how to make your own bokashi buckets. The prices folks charge for them are really high.

I went to home depot and got buckets, and one top. Drilled holes in the bottom of one bucket, set that one in the other one, put the top on. Thats all there is to it. Start filling them up.

Also, making your own inoculant is easy-buying it is real expensive.

There is also a bokashi facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bokas...11544652207341

http://underthechokotree.com/index.p...tile&Itemid=37

http://curezone.com/Forums/am.asp?i=1734284

http://www.cityfarmer.org/bokashi.html

http://www.compostguy.com/bokashi/making-bokashi/

http://www.compostguy.com/videos/how-to-make-bokashi/

http://www.teraganix.com/EM-Bokashi-Recipe-s/262.htm
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I'm confused...some of the sites above mention using a serum (sometimes made from rice, etc. , and sometimes it sounds like you can buy the EM), but at least one of the sites doesn't mention adding this (underthe chockotree) or am I reading it incorrectly?
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You can indeed make your own inoculant using the Rice water method or you can buy the Inoculant
From several sources.
The "under the choko tree site" mentions using " Bokashi Material" in your bucket and I believe the author is referring to the Bokashi Bran that you can buy that already has all of the microbes in it.
Hope this helps you.

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Old January 16, 2012   #43
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You can buy the em1 from lots of places, I have even seen it for sale at Whole Foods. A quart lasts a long time. I got a 50 lb bag of wheat bran from a farm supply place, made my own inoculant (bran+em1+sea salt+molasses+warm water).
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Old February 2, 2012   #44
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My Bokakshi efforts seem to be paying off. I have one full bucket that is fermenting away with lots of white mold on the top. My first batch of homemade bokashi bran seems to be doing its job and my second bucket is almost full.
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What I do is after the bokashi is ready, I mix it with about 1/2 bag of potting soil. Then after a couple weeks or so, I mix it in my 5gallon container, ,maybe about 20% is the bokashi/potting soil mix.
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