kimchi juice on the garden?

Hello,

I need to mention I'm new to gardening.

Here's what I did, I had some oooooold kimchi that I made that I didn't want to bother making into soup, so I thought, "hey dump it in the compost" (kimchi is loaded with vitamins and minerals and probiotics). Anyhoo, I dumped the juice on my garden and the left over cabbagey bits in the compost. My question is did I just kill my garden? (or just gave it really bad breath My logic is that that juice is really nutrient dense and it's already very fermented (it's got to be 6 months old by now) so it'll be a good thing on soil, right? Maybe I should have diluted it...

Should be fine. Hopefully it wasn't too salty.

It's almost like you did something similar to EM/bokashi.

Salt would be my only worry. And even then it wouldn't be enough to worry about unless you did it often.

I would put it in the compost tea bucket, let it brew for a couple of days and then throw it on the garden. Diluting it up with compost tea will take care of the salt problem that has already been mentioned.

Johnny Niamert wrote:Should be fine. Hopefully it wasn't too salty.

It's almost like you did something similar to EM/bokashi.

What is EM/bokashi?

EM is short for 'Effective microorganisms' which is essentially a lactic acid brew. Bokashi is a vegetable matter which is fermented/inoculated with EM which is then composted or added to soil.