I am new to composting and Bokashi. I feel confident I had a really nice pre compost from Bokashi bucket (which did have meat, dairy, all the forbiddens). Put it into my tumbler with shredded cardboard and 3 days later have a maggot farm (98% sure not BSFL) and superrrrr yucky smell with juice (and maggot) leakage.
My diagnosis is it needs more browns and to be turned but would love any other thoughts. Interestingly, the pre compost from the Bokashi looks REALLY broken down from when I put it in there.
by henwithfur
3 Comments
More browns and no more meat.
I think the bokashi needs to go in an actual compost pile or buried underground to get the benefits from the fermentation and avoid any bad odors. I don’t really think it belongs in a tumbler unless it’s a small portion of the content but I could be wrong
Dont tumbler it. Bury it either in the ground or in a big container (look up bokashi soil factory). Bokashi is anaerobic so once it is exposed to air it stiiiinks. Burying it solves that problem.