Bokashi Papayas
So I'm really excited to have learned a new technique to grow choke(lots) papayas, it all starts with kitchen compost and a locally made product we sell called Bokashi(thanks jon), which is wheatgerm that has been fermented with EM or effective microorganisms although it can be made by inoculating any organic matter with a variety of hosts of beneficial bacteria/ microbes. The Bokashi is proven to help speed up composting and neutralize odors. So to grow choke papayas you need a air tight 5 gallon buckets, a pound of Bokashi per bucket, and kitchen scrapes(all scrapes even cooked meat and diary). You start off by throwing a handful of Bokashi in the bottom of our bucket followed by a pile of you kitchen waste them more Bokashi and more kitchen waste as you accumulate it. Eventually your bucket is full to the brim(stuffed with no air space) with your kitchen waste and Bokashi mix, I top it off with some more Bokashi and put the lid on it, immediately I start another fresh bucket inside to get this cycle perpetual, then take your original full bucket outside and place it in the shade for two weeks, after two weeks the mix has been fermented and you can open the lid, pour out any liquid into your regular compost pile or use it as a plant food but first dilute it 1:100 parts water as it is very acidic. Then dig a big hole moving at least about 10 gallon of soil out, dump you bucket of Bokashi waste into the hole, mix in a few gallons of soil and then cover it with a few inches of the soil, let that hole settle for two more weeks then you are ready to plant a non-gmo papaya keiki(baby) into that hole. Depending on you papaya strain you should have choke(lots) of papayas in about six months to a year, I just keep digging more holes and planting more papayas as my scrapes build up, you should have more papayas then you know what to do with using this method and it the fastest way to use you kitchen scrapes!!! Im going to try all kinds kinds of planting using this method and will keep you updated!!
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Hi there,
Nice to see that you like Bokashi. I like myself as well, because I think it is a great way to compost when you live in an apartment. And it also reduces your kitchen waste with approximately 50%. I'm really satisfied with Bokashi.
Cheers,
Roel
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