jbosmith
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Hi friends!
I've never paid much attention to Bokashi and the like because a) it just seemed like an internet trend and b) I have other, easier options for my compost. Anyway, long story short, winter boredom happened I've recently started playing with Bokashi to pre-ferment food scraps. It's going as expected, and I also got a giant free tumbler to take the fermented goop and mix it with sawdust so as an unexpected bonus I can now batch compost it. Hooray! The end!
Ok, not quite. One thing I don't like putting in my static pile is weeds that can spread by rhizome. We have some bishops weed that we've never quite managed to get rid of and quack grass is endemic everywhere in my area. I usually let this stuff pile up in a tub in the shed til I get around to dropping it off at the local compost place but today I got to thinking .. why not ferment it? There's no reason the pH of a Bokashi bucket wouldn't kill these weeds is there? Even if the pH doesn't do it, being sealed in a bucket would, eventually, and I can get all the buckets I want!
Soooo .. thoughts? Am I missing something obvious?
I've never paid much attention to Bokashi and the like because a) it just seemed like an internet trend and b) I have other, easier options for my compost. Anyway, long story short, winter boredom happened I've recently started playing with Bokashi to pre-ferment food scraps. It's going as expected, and I also got a giant free tumbler to take the fermented goop and mix it with sawdust so as an unexpected bonus I can now batch compost it. Hooray! The end!
Ok, not quite. One thing I don't like putting in my static pile is weeds that can spread by rhizome. We have some bishops weed that we've never quite managed to get rid of and quack grass is endemic everywhere in my area. I usually let this stuff pile up in a tub in the shed til I get around to dropping it off at the local compost place but today I got to thinking .. why not ferment it? There's no reason the pH of a Bokashi bucket wouldn't kill these weeds is there? Even if the pH doesn't do it, being sealed in a bucket would, eventually, and I can get all the buckets I want!
Soooo .. thoughts? Am I missing something obvious?