Bokashi

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Comment by Hester on December 18, 2009 at 11:39am

Hi Yvonne
You can get some white fungal growth in the top bokashi bucket. This is normal. As long as you are remembering to sprinkle the zing in between and on top of your added layers, and pressing it down to squeeze the air out, it will be fine. You can leave a bucket of bokashi for weeks and it won't go rotten.

Comment by Yvonne Symons on December 18, 2009 at 10:52am

Well the rubarb has certainly picked up. Can someone tell me does the contents in the top bucket go mouldy. I have been at work the last 4 nights, so not as much has been going into the bucket and I noticed mould this morning. Is it something I should be concerned about? Does it matter if the liquid is left for 3-4 days in the bottom bucket before being used?

Comment by Yvonne Symons on December 14, 2009 at 8:50pm

thanks guys for all your advice. The first watering as been done.

Comment by Tony Lucas on December 14, 2009 at 6:59pm

I use Bokashi and Liquid Biofeed on a weekly basis - well that was till last weekend when I ruined my sprayer by accident. Be careful to strain the bokashi tea first as it can clog sprayers, I had this happen a couple of times.

Comment by Hester on December 14, 2009 at 5:28pm

I haven't used the bokashi for foliar feeding simply because I find it easier to put 3 tablespoonsful into my bucket each time I refill it for hand watering. I foliar feed with liquid seaweed, when I think the plants will benefit or need a bit of a boost/protection. Liquid seaweed keeps better so I can keep a spray bottle of it handy to use when I want.It is recommended that the bokashi liquid is used up within a day or 2 . However I might try foliar feeding with bokashi when I have a bit more tme to organise it and oberve the results. I'm finding my plants are staying pretty healthy and growing well with bokashi but they still need comfrey, seaweed and other nutrient rich materials to meet their different growing requirements.

Comment by Hester on December 14, 2009 at 5:16pm

Don't use the bokashi on very young newly germinated seedlings as it is a bit too acidic. 1 part bokashi juice to 100parts water for using on the soil- ie watering plants at the roots-this is 2 tablespoons to 5 litres of water. I use 3 tablespoons in an 8 litre bucket and this seems to work well.
For foliar feeding, dilute between 1: 500 to 1: 1000, I would try the lowest concentration first and go on from there. This works out at 1 to 2 teaspoons per 5 litres of water. Then spray a thin film on the leaves of the plants you want to feed.
I find I am able to use the bokashi at the soil concentration as often as I like when watering the soil, even on potted plants, just not on tiny seedlings. It hasn't killed any, just made them look a bit sad, so now I wait till they have a few leaves before I water them with the bokashi liquid.

Comment by Linda Lucas on December 14, 2009 at 4:43pm

as for how often that is up to you we spray one a week as juice allows

Comment by Linda Lucas on December 14, 2009 at 4:43pm

papa says for foliar feeding its 5 part bokashi to 100 parts water...for root feeding i think its 10 parts to 1000 parts water but im not 100% sure on the 10/1000 ratiobut defintely the 5/100 ratio for foliar feeding

Comment by Yvonne Symons on December 14, 2009 at 8:46am

How often do you spray the bokashi liquid on the plants? Is there any plants that I need to stay away from? I will be doing my first spray tonight.

Comment by Linda Lucas on December 14, 2009 at 6:27am

Bokashi is an awesome system and I luv it...at teh moment we are no tonly doing our but also my mother -in-laws bokashi units ..we see them meveryday so we go and get their food scraps to add to their bin ...and when they do not have enough we add some of ours to their bin...mum luvs the way the bokashi juice has improved her gardens unfortunately due to arthritis she cannot get the lids off the bins...its why we got it..i have used the bokashi juice in the compost heap outside, down drains, my washing machine has a clean cycle on it so every now and theni will throw a little juice in there...as for the plant material it gets buried in some garden plots that have yet to be planted and rested for a couple of weeks or two...if not that then if i have a lot of plant material to put in the outside compost heap then the bokashi goes in it first then the plant material to fully cover it...the thing i luv about bokashi is that its just not vegetable matter you can put in your composting unit...the idea of putting your cooked meat and vegetables in it amazes me and continues to amaze me...and this all turns into wonderful food for future plants ...the only thing i do not put in the bokashi bin is bones, paper, platics or liquids...i know it sounds strange but i luv it when there are lots of bananas in the mix as the juice has a sweet bananish scent ...

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