@@lesfibresfantastiques7265 the thing to watch for with Lomi is they require you to have a subscription with their specific pods and stuff to keep your warranty.
Thanks Ashley, I was wondering about your gizmo and if you were having any luck with it. Well, you must be pleased as you've doubled up on it for work. Yeah, men are "funny that way" when it comes to odours; we can sit in a locker room with no issue. But if it is a kitchen, we tend to turn into little imps. I am still waiting for the composters to come down in price some more.
Ashley, you are amazing! Could you please make a video about lowering Ph of garden soil when the plants are already planted? I was reading about elemental sulphur, but apparently it takes up to 6 month for it to work!
I have a Lomi which came with little tablets that they say contain beneficial microbes. Do you know how much of a difference that makes? I have been using them since it became warm out. But I still have been putting the lomi compost in my outside compost bin.
So I wonder then what the actual advantage of using an electric composter is. I live in Canada, and we put our food waste into our outdoor composters year round. I understand that it's not actively "working" over winter, but once it warms up, it certainly does turn into compost.
It’s just being able to do something with the waste that doesn’t involve throwing it out/sitting in a frozen compost pile for critters. Our green bins program where I am even gets shut down in the winter because the city can’t use the waste.
So I bought one couple weeks ago. Amazon has been having them on sale. It recommended the compost starter. I’m really just now learning how to do this. Should I just poke holes in a container, keep it outside, add some compost starter and turn every once in a while? Heard you said you can add some soil too. Can you guide me on this a little more please? Thank you so much!
Now if only there were cheaper electric composters... Side note, have you ever done a video on worm composting for beginners? Like maintenance, including in winter, and how to get started
Don't forget to check out online market places like Kij eegee(not allowed using the real words...). I bought my FC-50 off of Kij eegee for $150. I have seen other FC-50's BNIB for as little as $200. Some communities like Haliburton and some places in BC have incentive programs where you can buy a FC-50 for $50 and Eco5's for $200. Some are reselling those. Also some condo folks are finding that they take up to much counter space and have no other space options. A tip is that the last 8 digits of the serial number indicate when it was made(applies to Vitamix FC-50 and maybe the eco5).
@GardeningInCanada Thanks for doing this I have been so confused about what to do with the Foodcycler output. I tried putting it around my newly planted tomatoes and beets etc and some of our other new garden flowers my wife just bought and her outside plants like palm-lily's. The next day they were all in very bad shape especially the palm-lily's. I am not a gardener.... :( but trying..... They were all very wilted and the palm-lily went very brown. So I stopped ding that? I started throwing it on my grass just thinking it was productive until my security cameras showed I was contributing to feeding Noah's ark ie. rats and mice. I live in East GTA area, so that is not OK....They stopped coming around as soon as I stopped putting the Foodcycler output on the lawn. So I stopped doing that? I have a compost black bin in the backyard and have started throwing it in there and it seems to be ok. What I would like to know if you can help me with is how long will it take to be composted in there? Thanks for all your advice.
“Browns are carbon or carbohydrate-rich materials. The main job of browns in a compost pile is to be food sources for all of the lovely soil-dwelling organisms that will work with the microbes to break down the contents of your compost pile. Also, brown materials help to add bulk and help allow air to filter through the pile.” The Spruce Depends on your ratio of brown to green material, water, heat, turning. Can take one to two months to turn a pile of material into compost.
She says the material from the machine is considered brown material. So composting time can depend on your ratio of brown to green material, water, heat, turning. One to two months to turn a pile of material into compost. That’s according to the website The Spruce.
Do you think that if I dehydrate my food scraps and then throw them in my blender that would be roughly equivalent to the heat and abrasion of an electric composter? Coming from the perspective of wanting to try this out, but not wanting another gadget if I can use the ones I already have
So I did this for about a year with my eggshells. I would feed the ground up shells to the chickens or sprinkle them around tomato plants. What I hated was the mess and the hassle. I’d try to rinse them off, dry them on the counter, or dry them in the oven, then put them in a blender to pulverize them. Or it was a wet smelly bin under the sink that looked gross when you opened the cupboard. I think the bottom line of these machines is convenience. We’re paying for the convenience of doing what we could do ourselves but faster and with less hassle and mess. ❤
I’m not sure to be honest. I can’t see if being cheap. But you could try even an air dehydrator like the netting stuff if you wanted to. You don’t absolutely need an electric version
@GardeningInCanada I was eager to know how much it cost to run my FC-50, so I bought a sonoff smart-plug (s31) and monitored the power ussage. It used between .8kw and 1.5kw per batch, dependent on how wet and whether I was doing a double batch where I kept adding more material as the initial stuff dried out. It also allowed me to have it auto turn on during the cheapest power usage time of the day. So in Ontario with the lowest TOU rates it means between 8 - 15 cents a batch. That lines up with what is indicated in teh manufactures specs.
I just started a low budget, Black Soldier Fly breeder. Which also creates “compost” as well as high protein larvae to feed the chickens. RUclips find. Hoping it works.
A couple of electric composters have pods or a liquid that the manufacturer claims add microbes so you can use it as compost. Is this true? If not, is there a product that will perform that function?
You can insulate your hot compost, I have no problem to keep it working even in -30C temperatures. You need enough dry airy "brown" matter and added nitrogen (urea/ chicken poop) to keep the heat up and process going.
Where do you keep your worms? I’ve had this argument over that damn lomi too many times to count where people insist it’s compost when I know damn well that it is not, but you can’t explain to some people so now I’m waiting for them yo kill their plants so I Dan say I told you so, lol. Now using it for overwintering to then feed to worms I kinda get, but kinda don’t. Worms still need to eat as I assume you keep them indoors? This is my worm struggle… I dunno how I feel about that plus who has room. I guess I struggle to find a purpose for these fake composters so I’m hoping for input on why to have one.
Compost ? You sort it down to leaves & pile it up head high. Leave it till next season & flip the top over making a new pile next to it. The bottom of the pile is where the composted soil is. Next year you flip the top off again & get the bottom of that pile. It will be all broke down Carbon full of worms. Composting is easy. All your wood needs to be flash burned to charcoal then crushed to a powder for fertilizer making. Save the ash too. That's fertilizer & bug protection. Snails hate dust.
@@GardeningInCanada Firstly, concerns about its functionality and effectiveness (its a bread maker). Secondly, it fails to deliver on its promise of composting and being environmentally friendly (blenders would do twice as good of job). While it may appear to be a convenient solution, using electricity to heat up food scraps is not a sustainable approach. Moreover, I believe this product misleads people into thinking they are composting, when in reality, it doesn't promote genuine composting practices. Unfortunately, such misleading products can discourage individuals from pursuing real composting methods in the future, as they may become disillusioned by the false promises. You know all this.
I know you explain a lot of this in your video, but you promoting it already does the harm. Either way your channel is Great, you have some of Thee best advice (apart from this product) So keep up the good work. I understand we all have to make money. Its clear that's what your doing with this product.
@@SeanDSarcasm I get where you're coming from, but I believe in the principle of gardening tips that *something that doesn't work for me could work for others.* I will never use an electronic composter. It's too expensive and I still have to do compost the byproduct. However, for someone living in a small apartment where the municipality doesn't have green bin program, and they don't want to deal with smell, juice, bugs, and the complexity of various composting methods, I can see this product filling a need. An office where kitchen scrap would have gone to regular trash is a good example. I can see it encouraging some people who would never compost to consider saving their kitchen scraps. It doesn't replace composting and shouldn't claim to (hence the "byproduct"), but it fills a gap. Not for me, but it is not inherently a bad product.
@@mhawang8204 I agree. People in office buildings, apartment buildings, or renting their homes, can't just throw things outside. HOAs may not allow compost piles. You are very right that items like this, or a combination of other items, do fill a gap. The cost of the composters seems unnecessarily high. That could be remedied in time, I believe. Thanks for your comment.
If you want to grab this one it’s actually from Amazon! geni.us/Jjy7
I guess the price changed since you bought it, because it's almost double as the Lomi
@@lesfibresfantastiques7265 the thing to watch for with Lomi is they require you to have a subscription with their specific pods and stuff to keep your warranty.
@@GardeningInCanada oh didn’t know that! I'll keep my worms and bokashi…
@@lesfibresfantastiques7265 Smart the other one is snake oil. Love supporting her, but not this product. Bad product.
Thanks, Ashley! I remember you had a different one a few years ago. Good for you, introducing this to your office at work!
Thanks Ashley, I was wondering about your gizmo and if you were having any luck with it. Well, you must be pleased as you've doubled up on it for work. Yeah, men are "funny that way" when it comes to odours; we can sit in a locker room with no issue. But if it is a kitchen, we tend to turn into little imps.
I am still waiting for the composters to come down in price some more.
Thanks for the video, been wondering about these things, and hard to find a video without so much filler. Love how straightforward your videos are.
Glad you enjoyed! Feel free to share with a friend
Wow Ashley, you’re multitalented; your sister’s wedding cake looks spectacular! Thanks for the compost/not compost instructions.
This would be great for really cold areas. Sabrina
Haha yesss where I am forsure
Ashley, you are amazing! Could you please make a video about lowering Ph of garden soil when the plants are already planted? I was reading about elemental sulphur, but apparently it takes up to 6 month for it to work!
Yea absolutely! Most methods do take some time
Been considering this composting machine because my neighbour complaining about smells from compost bin. Thanks❤
In a well built compost, there’s almost never any objectionable odour. Just don’t use beer mash LOL
I have a Lomi which came with little tablets that they say contain beneficial microbes. Do you know how much of a difference that makes? I have been using them since it became warm out. But I still have been putting the lomi compost in my outside compost bin.
So I wonder then what the actual advantage of using an electric composter is. I live in Canada, and we put our food waste into our outdoor composters year round. I understand that it's not actively "working" over winter, but once it warms up, it certainly does turn into compost.
It’s just being able to do something with the waste that doesn’t involve throwing it out/sitting in a frozen compost pile for critters. Our green bins program where I am even gets shut down in the winter because the city can’t use the waste.
I think it's more practical for people who don't have access to a real compost system, for example in an apartment with only a balcony garden :)
So I bought one couple weeks ago. Amazon has been having them on sale. It recommended the compost starter. I’m really just now learning how to do this. Should I just poke holes in a container, keep it outside, add some compost starter and turn every once in a while? Heard you said you can add some soil too. Can you guide me on this a little more please? Thank you so much!
I also have a really big grow tent. So seeing your thoughts
Very cool what you do! Thanks for posting. Looking forward to trying this as feed for my chickens or lasagna layering in my raised beds.
Very cool!
Now if only there were cheaper electric composters...
Side note, have you ever done a video on worm composting for beginners? Like maintenance, including in winter, and how to get started
They are so expensive I agree
And no I haven’t! But I totally can.
I would love this kind of video!
Don't forget to check out online market places like Kij eegee(not allowed using the real words...). I bought my FC-50 off of Kij eegee for $150. I have seen other FC-50's BNIB for as little as $200.
Some communities like Haliburton and some places in BC have incentive programs where you can buy a FC-50 for $50 and Eco5's for $200. Some are reselling those.
Also some condo folks are finding that they take up to much counter space and have no other space options.
A tip is that the last 8 digits of the serial number indicate when it was made(applies to Vitamix FC-50 and maybe the eco5).
@GardeningInCanada Thanks for doing this I have been so confused about what to do with the Foodcycler output. I tried putting it around my newly planted tomatoes and beets etc and some of our other new garden flowers my wife just bought and her outside plants like palm-lily's. The next day they were all in very bad shape especially the palm-lily's. I am not a gardener.... :( but trying..... They were all very wilted and the palm-lily went very brown. So I stopped ding that?
I started throwing it on my grass just thinking it was productive until my security cameras showed I was contributing to feeding Noah's ark ie. rats and mice. I live in East GTA area, so that is not OK....They stopped coming around as soon as I stopped putting the Foodcycler output on the lawn. So I stopped doing that?
I have a compost black bin in the backyard and have started throwing it in there and it seems to be ok. What I would like to know if you can help me with is how long will it take to be composted in there?
Thanks for all your advice.
“Browns are carbon or carbohydrate-rich materials. The main job of browns in a compost pile is to be food sources for all of the lovely soil-dwelling organisms that will work with the microbes to break down the contents of your compost pile. Also, brown materials help to add bulk and help allow air to filter through the pile.”
The Spruce
Depends on your ratio of brown to green material, water, heat, turning.
Can take one to two months to turn a pile of material into compost.
She says the material from the machine is considered brown material. So composting time can depend on your ratio of brown to green material, water, heat, turning. One to two months to turn a pile of material into compost.
That’s according to the website The Spruce.
Do you think that if I dehydrate my food scraps and then throw them in my blender that would be roughly equivalent to the heat and abrasion of an electric composter? Coming from the perspective of wanting to try this out, but not wanting another gadget if I can use the ones I already have
Yup! Absolutely a waste management tool
So I did this for about a year with my eggshells. I would feed the ground up shells to the chickens or sprinkle them around tomato plants.
What I hated was the mess and the hassle. I’d try to rinse them off, dry them on the counter, or dry them in the oven, then put them in a blender to pulverize them.
Or it was a wet smelly bin under the sink that looked gross when you opened the cupboard.
I think the bottom line of these machines is convenience. We’re paying for the convenience of doing what we could do ourselves but faster and with less hassle and mess. ❤
I need to make sure I hwvent missed the subject you teased about beneficial weeds.
Any idea on how many watts it uses during a typical run? Heating and grinding are pretty energy intensive so I was wondering.
I’m not sure to be honest. I can’t see if being cheap. But you could try even an air dehydrator like the netting stuff if you wanted to. You don’t absolutely need an electric version
@GardeningInCanada I was eager to know how much it cost to run my FC-50, so I bought a sonoff smart-plug (s31) and monitored the power ussage. It used between .8kw and 1.5kw per batch, dependent on how wet and whether I was doing a double batch where I kept adding more material as the initial stuff dried out. It also allowed me to have it auto turn on during the cheapest power usage time of the day.
So in Ontario with the lowest TOU rates it means between 8 - 15 cents a batch. That lines up with what is indicated in teh manufactures specs.
I just started a low budget, Black Soldier Fly breeder. Which also creates “compost” as well as high protein larvae to feed the chickens. RUclips find. Hoping it works.
thanks 👍👍
A couple of electric composters have pods or a liquid that the manufacturer claims add microbes so you can use it as compost. Is this true? If not, is there a product that will perform that function?
No… it’s not at all accurate
You can insulate your hot compost, I have no problem to keep it working even in -30C temperatures. You need enough dry airy "brown" matter and added nitrogen (urea/ chicken poop) to keep the heat up and process going.
U should make ur own Fermented plant juices , lactic acid bacteria 🦠
I don’t think worms can use egg shells that coarse. They need to be powder size to get into their tiny mouth.
You’d be shocked what they will mulch on. But ground down is ideal. I grind my
Oyster shells for them.
Where do you keep your worms? I’ve had this argument over that damn lomi too many times to count where people insist it’s compost when I know damn well that it is not, but you can’t explain to some people so now I’m waiting for them yo kill their plants so I Dan say I told you so, lol. Now using it for overwintering to then feed to worms I kinda get, but kinda don’t. Worms still need to eat as I assume you keep them indoors? This is my worm struggle… I dunno how I feel about that plus who has room. I guess I struggle to find a purpose for these fake composters so I’m hoping for input on why to have one.
So it'a a multivitamins mulch? 😂
Ahahaahahaha yes I love that
Compost ?
You sort it down to leaves & pile it up head high.
Leave it till next season & flip the top over making a new pile next to it.
The bottom of the pile is where the composted soil is.
Next year you flip the top off again & get the bottom of that pile.
It will be all broke down Carbon full of worms.
Composting is easy.
All your wood needs to be flash burned to charcoal then crushed to a powder for fertilizer making. Save the ash too. That's fertilizer & bug protection. Snails hate dust.
ouch still promoting that bad technology.....Still love your other advice.
What makes it bad?
@@GardeningInCanada Firstly, concerns about its functionality and effectiveness (its a bread maker). Secondly, it fails to deliver on its promise of composting and being environmentally friendly (blenders would do twice as good of job). While it may appear to be a convenient solution, using electricity to heat up food scraps is not a sustainable approach. Moreover, I believe this product misleads people into thinking they are composting, when in reality, it doesn't promote genuine composting practices. Unfortunately, such misleading products can discourage individuals from pursuing real composting methods in the future, as they may become disillusioned by the false promises. You know all this.
I know you explain a lot of this in your video, but you promoting it already does the harm. Either way your channel is Great, you have some of Thee best advice (apart from this product) So keep up the good work. I understand we all have to make money. Its clear that's what your doing with this product.
@@SeanDSarcasm I get where you're coming from, but I believe in the principle of gardening tips that *something that doesn't work for me could work for others.* I will never use an electronic composter. It's too expensive and I still have to do compost the byproduct. However, for someone living in a small apartment where the municipality doesn't have green bin program, and they don't want to deal with smell, juice, bugs, and the complexity of various composting methods, I can see this product filling a need. An office where kitchen scrap would have gone to regular trash is a good example. I can see it encouraging some people who would never compost to consider saving their kitchen scraps. It doesn't replace composting and shouldn't claim to (hence the "byproduct"), but it fills a gap. Not for me, but it is not inherently a bad product.
@@mhawang8204 I agree. People in office buildings, apartment buildings, or renting their homes, can't just throw things outside. HOAs may not allow compost piles. You are very right that items like this, or a combination of other items, do fill a gap. The cost of the composters seems unnecessarily high. That could be remedied in time, I believe. Thanks for your comment.