Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Bokashi, EM and mycorrhizal update

I filled my first bucket of veggie scraps and bokashi. I then added it to my sealed composter. In less then 3 days the temperature in the composter became very hot and I saw the pile decrease in size by at least half. Now, 2 weeks later, the temperature has come back to normal but the pile has attracted lots of worms and other beneficial insects. I am so impressed with how the bokashi put the compost into hyper drive!

My roses that I added mycorrhizal too are looking very healthy. The few carpet roses that did not receive this treatment started getting blackspot. I sprayed my EM onto the infected leaves and a few weeks later lots of new growth have began and the blackspot is virtually eliminated.