Bokashi Bucket Tips & Comments - April '14

In no Particular Order:

1. Don't keep your bucket in direct sunlight or on a Hot Balcony/Porch.  (high temperatures will kill the microbial activity)
2. If the pickled waste smells bad?  Then that may not mean the system has failed, it could be for a number of reasons.  Discard, or bury the waste, wash out bucket and start again with the provided instructions, and use a fresh bag of Bokashi mix.  For instructions that meet Australian conditions, feel free to request a complimentary booklet via info@bokashi.com.au including your *Australian Postal Address.
3. Drain off the Bokashi juice regularly.  If you don't believe you can water it out regularly (Watering Can/Veges/Ornamental's), then you can always use it as a Natural Drain Cleaner around the house pipes.  The Juice is alive with not only microbial activity, but also the nutrients and proteins of the food waste you have been collecting.  As time goes by, the life of these benefits decreases.  You cannot save this juice beyond a few days and expect it to be beneficial.
4. The taps provided with the bucket pictured in this blog are maintainable. If they are blocked, then try and use the tip of a bamboo skewer to clear the blockage.  Alternatively,  they can be disassembled and reassembled.  We recommend you disassemble/re-assemble each year as a service, washing each part and checking for wear.  Replacement taps are available for a small cost in Australia in various colours. Request Parts at your Local Australian Stockist, or request a price from Manufacturer Direct.  Tap Maintenance Video

I hope you find this tip's useful.  I you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the writer via this Blogspace.

Shopping around for Bokashi Mix and Bokashi Buckets

Loads of people are buying online these days and why not?

Be careful to ensure you are buying from a reputable distributor or one of their authorised resellers.  When you buy a brand that specialises in a product, you can be sure that you have the support for that item and you have a reseller (or the distributor) to go back to, so that if you should endure; any issues, or need spare parts, they can provide you with immediate or ongoing supportive information (or best practices) 

Bokashi Composting Australia has been operating for 8 years in the Australia market.  They have many resellers in each of Australia’s main centres.  Click on the reseller’s web links to see what other sustainability products they sell.  There is loads of physical retail businesses, Eco & Health Food Shops, Kitchenware Dens, Mitre 10’s and Sustainability Ventures to supply (and resupply) your “Bokashi One” needs (shop locally).  A lot of these resellers are actual shops, so if you don’t like shopping online, you can visit the actual shop to touch and feel what you are buying!

The newly branded “Bokashi One” Bokashi system arrives with full instructions to make you indoor kitchen composting system easy and helps provide you with details to collect nutrient rich compost to condition and enrich your garden soil.  How good does that make you feel?  No Smells, No Insect attraction, just “Natural & Organic Garden Results” and don’t forget the valuable “Bokashi Juice”, that you can “water out” to your plants or grass, or use the “Bokashi Juice”, as a quasi-drain cleaner.

Bokashi Videos

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2007 Festive Update #1 - Bokashi Composting Australia

Hi Composters

If you haven't seen these videos already, then take a look.

http://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=billjackjane

Please note we will be closing down for 2 weeks over Christmas the last day that orders will be dispatched, prior to Christmas is Friday 22 December 2007. We will be back in the office and dispatch orders again on Friday 4 January 2008.

Have a safe and happy Christmas.

The Bokashi Composting Australia Team

New Video Posted

As you may have seen from the "How Bokashi Works" page. we have a video posted on YouTube that explains what to do with your Bokashi Waste. We have posted a new video on what happens to your waste after it is buried. Take time to watch. Let us know if you have any questions.