Bokashi

• Ferments Organic matter
• Use for Fermentation Composting
• Use for pet odor control

• Air-tight container
• Ferments Vegetables, Meat, Fish
• No compost malodors or bugs

• Recycle Food Into Fertilizer
• Make Your Own Bokashi
• Pet food additive

Bokashi can be made with wheat bran purchased in bulk from a feed store or rice bran if available in your area. It requires an air-tight container or sealable plastic bags and is stored in a dark place to ferment. It takes two to three weeks depending on the temperature (may take longer if below 60 F).

Bokashi Recipe for 1 gallon of Bokashi

1. 1 teaspoon blackstrap molasses (no perservatives)
2. 1 teaspoon EM
3. 1 cup clean water (not chlorinated)
4. 1 gallon bran (wheat bran or rice bran)

• Mix the liquid ingredients - molasses, water , and EM in a cup and stir with a spoon until well blended. Molasses is thick and sticky so it is easier to put small amounts of water in with the molasses while stirring. Once all the water is blended with the molasses, add the EM.
  Pour the bran into a large mixng bowl
  Add the cup of liquid to the bowl of bran slowly while using your had to combine the liquid with the bran. Once all the liquid in in the bowl with the bran, continue to mix until all the bran is lightly moistened (takes about five minutes).
• Pack the moistened bran into an air tight container and seal. If using a plastic bag, compress the air out by squezing and seal tightly.
• Store in a dark place at room temperature or above.

Bokashi (means "organic matter" in Japanese) and it can be used as a fertilizer .

• Sprinkle on food scraps as a fermentation starter for food composting
• Sprinkle a tablespoon near the plant roots and cover with soil when planting.
• Sprinkle lightly around plants as a feeding about once per month.
• In springtime, bury 1/4 cup around at four points of a tree canopy edge (several feet from the trunk) f or fruit bearing trees and and cover with soil for a time release effect.