Getting Rid of Food Scraps and Plants

Toolage 87

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Hi all. It has been a while since I have posted. I saw a video on youtube of a product that drys out your food and plant scrams and brakes them up into smaller peaces. Is using this dried material in soil that you have plants growing in safe for the plants to do or is it a bad idea?
 

Flagg420

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/shrug No idea, but if one is willing to get a product.... why not just a compost bin? U can get whatever size fits ur needs, and compost is like, the best of the best for feeding plants.
 

Toolage 87

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/shrug No idea, but if one is willing to get a product.... why not just a compost bin? U can get whatever size fits ur needs, and compost is like, the best of the best for feeding plants.
Because I can't compost outside and I don't want to find a spot to have a composting bin that will stink up my place nor want to mess around with trying to find the right balance or want to have composting worms.
 

DonAlejandroVega

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Hi all. It has been a while since I have posted. I saw a video on youtube of a product that drys out your food and plant scrams and brakes them up into smaller peaces. Is using this dried material in soil that you have plants growing in safe for the plants to do or is it a bad idea?
if you are referring to bokashi, it creates a very good soil builder. it may be done indoors.
 

Toolage 87

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if you are referring to bokashi, it creates a very good soil builder. it may be done indoors.
No. Its a device that I am talking about is called Food Cycler. It heats up to 180 degree to dry out the stuff and is more or less creates carbon material. I was thinking about taking scraps, drying it out then grinding it up and mix it into the potting soil that I use.
 

DonAlejandroVega

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No. Its a device that I am talking about is called Food Cycler. It heats up to 180 degree to dry out the stuff and is more or less creates carbon material. I was thinking about taking scraps, drying it out then grinding it up and mix it into the potting soil that I use.
do some bokashi research. no added energy to system; you can let yeasts do your work. just food for thought; no pun. that machine will eat up a lot of power, methinks.
 

Toolage 87

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do some bokashi research. no added energy to system; you can let yeasts do your work. just food for thought; no pun. that machine will eat up a lot of power, methinks.
No I am not talking about buying it I am talking about letting the scraps dry out on their own then grind it up.
 

Toolage 87

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no good, imo. once rehydrated, those scraps will putrefy. they must be "processed," by microorganisms.
At first that's what I was thinking but I saw some videos and the end result it does look like compost. The only difference is that its bone dry when its finished and it sounds like it takes 3 to 4 hours to make a back from it. Also it says that you mix 12 parts soil and 1 part compost from the machine.
 

DonAlejandroVega

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At first that's what I was thinking but I saw some videos and the end result it does look like compost. The only difference is that its bone dry when its finished and it sounds like it takes 3 to 4 hours to make a back from it. Also it says that you mix 12 parts soil and 1 part compost from the machine.
interesting. give it a go, and keep us in the loop.
 
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