I got this nut milk maker that can blend and warm. if I blend up my kitchen scraps and warm them to safe temp that breaks down my kitchen scraps, strain out the liquid, and add a scoop of worm compost, would it turn into compost?
or instead of worm compost, add sugar and water to ferment it. could that turn into usable conpost?
by ReignaPirata
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Some people will do anything other than start a compost pile. None of that sounds like a good idea to me. Best way to make compost…is to start a compost
This sounds like an insanely elaborate and expensive way to create the tiniest amount of compost for the sake of saying it’s compost.
If you’re limited on space just get a bucket, put holes in it and get some worms. It’ll be a permanent version of what you’re trying to accomplish without the electricity and gross clean up.
It’s not the temperature that turns stuff into compost, it’s the microbial activity that happens over an extended period of time. The temperature is just one of the results of all the microbial activity, and helps speed up the process, but does not itself do any composition. If you were to somehow rig that up with something pumping in air to keep it oxygenated and left it running for weeks, then sure, I guess you’d get compost. That seems like an extremely inefficient way to get a tiny amount of compost, though.
What are you hoping to do with the fruits of your labor? Add them directly to potted plants? Bury them in the woods? Give them to a friend? It’s hard to say anything without knowing your compost’s finally resting place. Also, are you just that efficient that you produce so little compost?
The great thing about compost is that there are a thousand ways to do it. The only people who need to get it “perfect” are commercial composters who are required to conform to specific laws. The rest of us just need to find a system that works for our households and the limits of our body/minds. Most of us on this page balk at the idea of artificially heating compost because we know that strategy has flaws, but if it gets you excited about composting and acts as a gateway, then go for it.
Would love to know how it goes for you.
If you’re tight on space, I would recommend looking into a method called bokashi. While technically not composting as nothing is “breaking down”, it anaerobically ferments the food waste into compost.
I won’t pretend to be an expert so I’d definitely recommend looking at the bokashi subreddit and doing your own research to see if it fits your needs.
Don’t blend the worms 😭