Week 2
The second week started quite well I have to say, the weather outside it's nice and warm, and this affect my cultivar in a good way.
STEP 2 to transform the fermented food waste into compost.
1 - Get a container of at least 100 liters and make several holes at the bottom for air circulation.
2 - Empty a bucket of fermented product into the container with 16lt of the 20lt light mix bag (I used the LightMix from my previous run, well flushed and sterilized, you can do the same once you finish your run with the bokashi composting, without the need of flushing) and mix well together, then cover everything with the remaining 20% โโof soil.
3 - Pour about half a liter of decanted water (otherwise kill the bacteria with chlorine) evenly and cover the container with a rag so not to let pass flies or other animals, however they will die during the thermophilic phase, more than anything else it is important to cover after that phase.
4- after about 3-4 days the thermophilic phase begins where the bacteria break down the fermented product and transform it into compost, the temperatures will rise close to 60 degrees in the core.
PROGRESS:
DAY 8: Solid difference from last week. Temperature raised 1 or 2 ยบC and so the UR% to a good 84% with lights off, plants seems to enjoy.
DAY 9: Nice noticeable growth, still not giving any water because of the high UR%.
DAY 10: Yes they are growing!! Nice chunchy leaves... thinking of switching ON the 2nd light to get to crazy power of 114W๐ฌ
DAY 11: I'm an impulsive person. Both lights are ON, the plants responded well for the first day, still no giving any water. Drained my first ever bokashi tea from the composting bucket.
DAY 12: Gave a shot glass each of 10ml/l of bokashi tea. Nice growth!! Definitely the extra light ON its doing her job! Sprayed the rest of tea solution on the soil I'm going to use for composting.
DAY 13: The GC#2 it's going faster, she has really fatty leaves! 22.2ยบC and 87%UR with light just switched ON.
DAY 14: All good for the 2nd week, plants did show sign of wanting to grow, surely enjoying the second light on, planning to up pot them in 3 o 4 days probably.
See you next week fellow growers,
STAY TUNED!