Before I was introduced to no dig and no till I was practising the burying of kitchen scraps all over my garden. What I did I would chop the scraps into small pieces, cut papers and bury them. I would irrigate the soil twice per week and cover it. When the time comes for planting everything has disappeared and my soil is fluffy and black. It helped me because I didn't have enough money to buy fertilizer and my vegies grew up big and healthy.
Thank you for your knowledge. Thank you for showing us to use bokashi for going green. I didn't have a father to show me the things to procreate. Your good people. Lord bless you and yours. You people in California please learn from him. He is the Advenger of the Earth. 💞🙌🏾🙏🏾
Another excellent video. I've been binge watching your Korean natural farming videos after the initial aerobic digester one. I would love to know your perspective on how things grew in this bed after burying the bokashi. I only bury Bokashi in the beds that I harvest sweet potatoes and potatoes from but have been wondering if the disruptive nature of the dig is worth the pay off of burying the Bokashi in the other beds? Wondering bc it seems like the easiest way to manage the Bokashi pre compost (although I'm in the process of trying to make one of your aerobic digesters now!)
After trying the burying techniques I have found that it really didn't have much affect either way on my soil which already had a fair amount of organic material in it, I agree for running a no-dig method I think the soil disruption probably isn't worth it. I believe at this point that either using a aerobic digester/soil factory method if you don't have access to a compost pile system or using it in a regular compost pile during the composting process is probably the best method. I have also seen reports where people have added it to their worm beds too.
Good to see. re digging in the bokashi and no dig. How about putting the bokashi ferment on top of the bed then mulch with 4in/10cm of urban waste compost. At least that way you preserve your no dig soil structure. ??
That's an interesting try. Although my urban waste compost has issues with being a bit woody and retaining moisture. But maybe using homemade would work better.
Lots of really great info ! I been learning about KNF from you and a few others on here . I was wondering your thoughts on trying to grow corn using just KNF because it takes a lot nitrogen to make nice big ears ? I have grew a nice patch of corn using just my urine . I been bored this winter so I'm messing with fermenting urine , wood ashes in biochar and a few other things . What I have found a little crazy you can't smell urine it smells kinda sweet lol . I'm not sure how it will work but I can always just add it to our compost . Thanks for sharing and have a great Sunday !
Good idea. They'll probably love it. I've been learning and experimenting too. Did you put LAB in it? I did that last year with LAB and wood ash with great results. I haven't grown corn yet, but I'm thinking about doing it this year.
@James Triplett I did an experiment of using the LAB plus sprinkling compost/leaf mold soil on each layer or addition. I noticed no difference in the fermentation product other than more white mold on top. Basically within the kitchen waste the LAB becomes dominant and I'm guessing using straight JMS which has a high protozoa and bacillus type bacteria might not lacto ferment as well. Protozoa being mostly anaerobes might keep the system out of balance and putrification may gain the upper hand. In other words we might just create a bucket of food waste anaerobic compost... Which takes much longer to become useful
