Now this is a bloom! It's the end of the third day of application. I thought I'd throw this out and get some people thinking.
When I opened the lid, the 'fluffyness' reminded me of my 3 Spot Gourami bubble nest making. It was quite the jump from yesterday.
I'm retesting this bokashi. I really wasn't impressed with it in my Earthboxes. I think I figured out why. My worm bin was really alive with a great mix of bugs. Compost mites were there in crazy numbers. Naturally they went over when I added the worms and they established themselves in the same numbers. That's all good. They do great work with eating, pooping, making babies and living and dying.......all contributing to the life of the media.
The problem comes in that these mites are eating up both the bokashi and the mycorrhizae in pretty quick fashion. They don't seem to let the mycorrhizae get very well established. Naturally, this only the surface of the media I can see. I would assume there should be quite a bit subsurface with the media freshly stirred for plenty of air and space for growth. With it being watered in, it should move down the biomass. The mites are mainly on the surface, but I looked last summer when checking the progress of the feeder roots into my top dressed compost mound. They did decline with depth.
Now the $69 question:
Which is the most beneficial? LOL!
I do think that with the compost mites being there in such large numbers, fungus gnats just can't get established.
I'm just gonna let this run it course and see what the results are.......not gonna stir it up until then. I don't expect to see it for running too long with the peak being Sat or Sun.
When I opened the lid, the 'fluffyness' reminded me of my 3 Spot Gourami bubble nest making. It was quite the jump from yesterday.
I'm retesting this bokashi. I really wasn't impressed with it in my Earthboxes. I think I figured out why. My worm bin was really alive with a great mix of bugs. Compost mites were there in crazy numbers. Naturally they went over when I added the worms and they established themselves in the same numbers. That's all good. They do great work with eating, pooping, making babies and living and dying.......all contributing to the life of the media.
The problem comes in that these mites are eating up both the bokashi and the mycorrhizae in pretty quick fashion. They don't seem to let the mycorrhizae get very well established. Naturally, this only the surface of the media I can see. I would assume there should be quite a bit subsurface with the media freshly stirred for plenty of air and space for growth. With it being watered in, it should move down the biomass. The mites are mainly on the surface, but I looked last summer when checking the progress of the feeder roots into my top dressed compost mound. They did decline with depth.
Now the $69 question:
Which is the most beneficial? LOL!
I do think that with the compost mites being there in such large numbers, fungus gnats just can't get established.
I'm just gonna let this run it course and see what the results are.......not gonna stir it up until then. I don't expect to see it for running too long with the peak being Sat or Sun.
No bigger animals wandering around?
