- Compost in the bucket - what is needed?
- Put compost in the bucket
- Elaborate but effective: Bokashi bucket
- When is the compost in the bucket ready?
Even if you don't have a garden at your disposal, you don't have to do without composting your kitchen waste. The solution is compost in a bucket. There are simple variants for the balcony as well as more complex methods that you can even use in the kitchen.
Only a small amount of compost fits in a bucket
Compost in the bucket - what is needed?
- Plastic bin with lid
- wooden slats or pallet
- coarse shrubbery
- stone flour
- compost starter
- possibly earthworms
Drill a few holes in the bottom of the bucket to allow the compost to breathe. The bucket is placed on the wooden slats or pallet for better ventilation.
Put compost in the bucket
Place the coarse shrubbery in the bottom of the bucket. Then fill the compost material from the kitchen. Cut fruit peels and vegetable scraps into small pieces so that the compost decomposes faster.
From time to time sprinkle some rock dust ($14.13) over the compost contents.
So that the compost does not get too wet, you can always put some cardboard (toilet paper rolls, kitchen paper rolls, etc.) between the waste.
Elaborate but effective: Bokashi bucket
Bokashi comes from Japanese and means "fermented earth". This version is complex and expensive, but can also be carried out in the kitchen without any problems. The Bokashi bucket is an airtight sealable barrel with a drainage tap at the bottom. It is best to buy two bins so that the old compost can finish fermenting in the first.
The bucket is filled with waste from the kitchen that has previously been cut into small pieces. Vegetable peelings, raw vegetable and fruit leftovers, coffee grounds and the like are suitable.
The mixture is dusted with rock flour and then weighed down and covered with a plastic bag filled with sand or water. The lid is sealed airtight. The resulting liquid must be poured off regularly via the drain tap.
When is the compost in the bucket ready?
After several months you should transfer compost to another container so that the bottom layers come to the top.
Depending on the material, the compost takes about a year before you can use it as fertilizer for your plants.
tips
When used correctly, composting in the Bokashi bucket produces neither odors nor pest infestation. The bucket method results in slight odors and occasional fly infestation. Do not place the bucket directly next to doors or windows.