Vermicomposting or thermal composting: Comments?

[seaofgreen18]

Which method do you all prefer? I myself prefer the vermicomposting for many different reasons, let's talk about it

 

[Bill284]

I'm not sure which is best.
But I use bokashi to compost.
It's fantastic.
Hope you are having a nice weekend my friend.
Take care.




#VIVOSUN #Love What You Grow
Bill284

 

[seaofgreen18]

Awesome Bill thank you for the reply I use Bokashi as well it works GREAT, I prefer the vermicomposting Myself it's more work because of the pre composting which you really don't have to do but it gets to hot for my buddies, but I like the mix being more diverse in biology and it seems to make a kick ass tea ! My compost alone seemed kinda lame!

 

[Azimuth]

Worms for me. I tried the bokashi route but ended up having to run that finished product through my worm bin anyway. The worms loved it but I don't like the extra step.

I'm working on a super castings version of my stuff now, running all of my organic inputs through the bin first. First batch will be ready in a couple of months.

 

[seaofgreen18]

I like to use Alfalfa, Neem meal , kelp meal, insect frass weather it be Black soldier fly or meal worms frass, crushed or flour oyster shell along with the Bokashi , table scraps ,leaf from harvest and trimming and after I brew a batch of tea I put my tea contents back in the bin my carbon input is either Bio char well just char I should say I don't charge it i let the bin do that and I use saw dust or coco coir I still amend the bed regular with my dry inputs

 

[Azimuth]

But of your two proposed options, vermicompost is clearly the winner. Something about stuff going through a worm's gut with all of the super microbes and then the castings coming out covered in a calcium carbonate slime give them their well deserved label as unicorn poop.

 

[seaofgreen18]

I believe it does a much better job of getting rid of the unwanted microbes better than the heat does you know like e coli and salmilnia I use them castings for my tomatoes and peppers in do all my veggies right in my veg room till summer Ron from Michigan