Composting Basics - 8 Methods compared - Which is Right for You?

[@Bilal_A_K_Niazai]

After watching your videos, my work efficiency improved by 1000-fold. I can't thank God enough for introducing you to me. Being my teacher, you will always be in my prayers. Stay blessed! 💕

[@perschondelmeier3046]

Hi from Norway. Thanks for the video. I teach composting here in Norway, hot and cold. The Bokashi method has really hit a nerve here and the makers of the bins and the Bokashi mix earn a pretty dollar on it! I personally do not bokashi and I do not recomend it either, for me it is easyer to just compost. The thing is that the followers of this method have been told that it is so easy and that the "Bokashi fluid" that runs out in the bottom is like liquid gold for the garden. But like leachaid it is a really hard myth to break when the company who sell the buckets also tells that it is the best fertilizer ever! Sorry for the rant, but I am just tired of debunking this myth every time I have a compost class.

[@andreacoleman]

I bought containers for making bokashi for $3 each and make my own 'mix'. I store my fermented bokashi until I have 3 or 4 buckets, and then use it to build a hot compost in my 400L compost bin (along with collected autumn leaves and other inputs). It is sooo satisfying (and exciting!!) to open the compost bin lid and see the temperature rise to 160 degrees Fahrenheit!! I don't think I've managed to keep it at a high enough temp over several days to kill weed seeds, but I'm having a heck of a fun time trying! 😊

[@GARDENER42]

@@andreacoleman Anything over 140°F for more than 24 hours will kill 90% of weed seeds, so you should be achieving their destruction.

[@andreacoleman]

That's encouraging, thanks 😊

[@kated3165]

I just chop everything and throw it in a thin trench dug between trees in our small wooded area, add some brown leaves and throw dirt on top. Works every-time and works fast! No smell and no pests. I've also dug these trenches in areas where I was planning on making new flower beds the following year... turned large areas of sand around the house in nice rich earth. Only ''issue'' ever had was that one time I did not burry fish remains deep enough, and the neighborhood skunk dug it back out. Then again it was just gross to deal with (as it was covered in huge maggots), not an actual problem. Usually that skunk doesn't even bother with the compost trenches, he much prefers digging through the garden mulch to look for bugs... doesn't even go after our fruit! At least not in a significant enough way for us to notice.

[@srantoniomatos]

Belive many people confuse the nutrion effect of compost and the mulch effect. The nutrion is slow and long term, the mulch effect is fast and short term.
Mulch help to retain humidity and weed supression in the short term.
Nutrition and good soil structure are long term effects.

[@EJBD-pups]

I have a separate 2 bin system of 2 garbage cans with lids (one for additions with leaves, one for resting) where I compost pet waste. We have 3 dogs and I have to pick it up. I look at it and see dog food money lying on the ground, especially when I fed the dogs food with legumes/grain/vegetables in it. Now they eat a raw diet. There is less poop but still something worth dealing with. Does a deer poop in the woods? Eventually worms go through the resting bin and the end result ends up on flower beds in the front yard. Win/win.

[@dahutful]

Im a chop and drop, compost-in-place type. I throw down a lot of leaves as mulch, and I have a couple wire and mesh bins, each about 3 cu ft.
Thats it. I dont mess with all the other newfangled stuff.
I do like anaerobic composting, as the result is very concentrated and profound. It also smells, well... intense.
But I dont pursue it much these days.
Now that I think about it, I don't suppose anyone really cares all that much what I do.
Thanks Robert. You are my go to guy. Nuttin but love
David
South Carolina

[@sovereignsoul]

Great info and teaching style. Also like the hat style at the end and the bow tie in your moniker photo. Your love of life is reflected in what you do, and is greatly appreciated.

[@SophyaAgain]

I have no soil, just a small cemented garden. So I grow my veggies in pots or containers. I've read and watched a lot of writings/videos about composting. I have a park just in front of my house where I get leaves and grasses . And there is also a big tree of Pachira Aquatica. I started laying shell of its fruits at the bottom of my vases and containers. They break down quite fast - in two years maybe. And before planting new seedlings I add dried leaves and grasses in my pots. After a while I noticed that I had a considerable population of earthworms in my pots and containers. I wondered it they came from the park, crossed the asphalt street, crawled over my cemented garden and get into my pots and containers through drainage holes ... Aren't the earthworms extraordinary creatures? I think they are.

[@trumpetingangel]

Their cocoons were hidden in the leaves, I bet!

[@user-yp1bu8jm7n]

Hi, I'm jim from Indiana and I found it better for me to just bury my food and paper waste in the garden i don't have to deal with flys and pest trying to dig it up and I think the worms love it

[@lorimiller623]

Re: Bokashi. I haven't tried this, but I do a lot of fermentation of foods. Fermentation does break down and soften food a little, but mostly it's done to increase beneficial bacteria. Think of sauerkraut or kimchi: you chop up cabbage and other ingredients, put them in a bucket of water in a cool place, and in a few days you have fermented foods full of beneficial bacteria. (Cabbage naturally has bacteria on its leaves that multiply during fermentation; other plants may need added bacteria.) This helps preserve food for weeks or months, so it seems counterintuitive that it would promote composting. Are the bacteria also good for other plants, worms or soil? I have no idea. I do know that if you have bad bacteria like e. coli or listeria in your kitchen waste, fermentation will multiply them by orders of magnitude.
Pickling with vinegar is done to sterilize and preserve food with acid and, usually, a water bath canning process that pulls a vacuum in the jar.

[@rogehnimunoz4327]

Any excellent video. Thank you so much

[@tobruz]

It should be noted that when you say Microbes that this is a term that includes fungi and bacteria
Love your work Robert!

[@TheRexona1986]

Nice video! Greetings from Serbia!

[@nickthegardener.1120]

Hi Robert I give my worms grit made from powdered egg shells and blood fish and bone & seaweed powder. Would that increase the npk in the castings making it easier for plants to access. Or should I just use the fertiliser as the supplier suggests and let nature take it course? Thanks Nick.👍🏻 great video.

[@janehilbery6596]

What do you think about pig manure to add to my compost heap.

[@Damselfly54315]

Compost is black gold for the garden and plants...compost is the best fertilizer with the right nutrients in it

[@fruglemonkey]

Do you have a source for your statement around worms primarily feeding on microbes within the soil, and not other organic matter?
Would love if you could post more sources in general - especially if you're claiming that there are a lot of other 'gardening myths' out there with no backing in science!

[@srantoniomatos]

Go to his blog. Many many articles there, detailed with sources.

[@dapperlink]

Do you know the c:n of Bokashi mix? Is it a nitrogen? Wondering how or should use the mix directly in a compost pile. Thank you for your effort to put this vid together!

[@lisabeam8315]

Thank you for your content.I heard if you grind up eggshells to powder the plants get the calcium readily.true or false?

[@bioagrigroup]

Really helpful thank you

[@kristicole7949]

Hi. Thank you for this very informative video. My question is, does environment matter in the timeline? I am in southeast Florida and I think you are in Canada. And I have a lot of fly larva in my tumbler bins. Does this affect the compost?

[@Wilk853]

So every time I turn under a cover crop I’ll get feed for garden next five years

[@annalee1556]

Hi, can you make a video about bokashi? I tried it last year and used it for this year’s seedling soil. Disappointing result. At the end I sprinkle miracle gro compost on top of all my seedling so they can start growing again.
I watched a video said bokashi would suck up all carbo and nitrogen around it while decompose hence the soil dealt with bokashi can’t be in use for 2-3 years, and that’s very different from what many business saying. So I wonder if you can make a video testing it.

[@MariaJoseGuzman-qg2un]

What if I blend anything suspicious before adding it to the compost bin? Like weeds and egg shells to be more specific

[@chadleybradley5268]

Love the video! ty

[@TheLowLandGardener]

COMPOSTING is simply a management of ROTTING materials.

[@Alin-no9cz]

Is unripened compost considered green or brown? Thanks.

[@victorialg1270]

I need more microbes, bacteria, fungi, and protozoa in my garden.

[@anaprem3165]

I have a question
Does the shrimp skin can be use for compost

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

Yes - but it decomposes slowly.