Composting How to Multiply Indigenous Microorganisms IMO Multiplying your own homemade IMO is as easy as making vinegar or pickles. The basic thing we have to do is to feed our pets, or in this case, the
Composting How to Make Indigenous Microorganisms IMO One easy way to culture IMO is to actually go out in a nearby forest and 'hunt' them. This is more applicable if you live near open spaces
Composting What Is Indigenous Microorganism IMO: Introduction & Uses Indigenous microorganisms (or IMO for short) are the native microbes that live around your local environment. They can be microscopic bacteria or tiny fungi that aren't visible to
Composting How to Know If Your Worms Are Happy One quick way to know if your worms are happy or not is to see if the worms are escaping the bin. If you take a peek inside and see
Composting What to Put in a Worm Bin Worms will be happy with kitchen scraps like banana peels, apple or lettuce that you give them. Some people don't recommend citrus fruits like oranges or grapefruits because
Composting The Possible Disadvantages of Vermicomposting One of the challenges that's present with vermicomposting is the filtering out of the worm castings and the worms themselves. As these little guys usually sneak under the
Composting The Key Benefits of Vermicompost Vermicompost packs a ton of benefits for plants, chickens, pigs and even fish. If you have a garden, you can use the vermicompost to fertilize the veggies and flowers. Having
Composting How to Make EM1 Effective Microorganism: 3 Recipes To make your own EM1 without buying store-bought solutions, we need to find the microbes, create a little house to keep them & mix some food to keep them alive
Composting What Is EM1 Effective Microorganism: Benefits & Results EM, short for Effective Microorganism, are those good little microbes that are useful for composting, fertilizing, reducing odor & improving digestion. People usually use EM in bokashi compost, cleaning chicken
Composting How to Use Bokashi in the Garden: 5 Easy Ways If you have some bokashi done or about done, you can use it for further composting in trench composting. The bokashi liquid also works great as a plant fertilizer. It
Composting How to Make Garbage Enzyme The ingredients & process for making garbage enzyme (GE) is basically similar to making vinegar or apple cider vinegar. The good thing is that we're utilizing our own
Composting What Are Beneficial Microorganism: An Example One example of a beneficial microorganism is the well-known Lactobacillus bacteria. It exists in milk, helps make yogurt & improves our digestion. Saccharomyces is another good bacteria that helps people
Composting What Can You Not Put in Bokashi? While it is okay to add one or two moldy slices of bread into a bokashi bucket, too much of it can spoil your batch. Never add liquids like milk
Composting Why Does A Bokashi Batch Smell: Causes & Solutions In some bokashi bucket, if the lid is not put on tight then it may cause a foul smell. Other issues with the moisture, the heat or temperature may make
Composting Can Compost Be Made Without Worms You can absolutely make good compost without worms. Worms, like some other organisms, are one type of decomposers in the natural system. Even though they are great decomposers, some folks
Composting How to Compost in a City Apartment: Less Mess, Less Smell When composting in a city apartment, the number one thing people worry about is the smell & the flies and sometimes the mess. There are some good ways of composting
Composting How to Get Rid Of Ants in A Compost Bin The pheromone secreted by some larvae can help keep the ants away in a compost bin. Alternatively, you can try circling some chalk, lime or diatomaceous earth around your bin.
Composting Are Maggots Okay to Have in A Compost? Generally, having maggots in a compost would not be a totally big issue for the resulting quality of your compost. These little creatures are doing their part to help break
Composting How to Stop Compost From Smelling: Easy Ways & Steps One effective way to deodorize compost is to utilize effective microorganisms (EM) or microbial enzymes. These beneficial microbes help speed up the break-down of organic matter, which mostly smells bad
Black Soldier Fly How to Make Long-Lasting Food for Black Soldier Fly Larvae Sometimes, the supply of fresh foods for black soldier fly larvae may not be as steady as we want. Maybe the food spoils before the BSF have a chance to
Black Soldier Fly How to Make Your Black Soldier Fly Compost Bin Smell-Free The effective microorganisms, or EM, have been experimented and used with good results to significantly reduce odor and pathogens around compost piles, in ponds or some farm animals cages. To
Black Soldier Fly Why Beginners Fail at Black Soldier Fly Farming Some most common issues beginners face when starting black soldier fly farming are the location, ways to treat the smelly smell, ways to make the breeding cage, and the focus
Black Soldier Fly Male vs Female Black Soldier Flies: Differences To tell the difference between male and female black soldier flies, we can start by looking at the lower body part. The male have a more round lower tail whereas
Black Soldier Fly How to Over-Winter Black Soldier Fly Larvae (Keep them Warm) When over-wintering black soldier fly larvae, a common question growers have is do black soldier flies die in winter? The answer is no, black soldier flies won't die
Black Soldier Fly How to Process Black Soldier Fly Larvae Before we begin, may we say that the processing of black soldier fly larvae involves the killing of the grubs to be processed into food pellets. From an ethical standpoint,
