Steph Ayres

Steph Ayres wrote:So, I've been looking into Bokashi, and noticed the adding of EM-1 as the main part of the process.
I wondered if EM-1 can be made at home.
What bacteria does EM-1 consist of?
Apparently-
Lactobacillus plantarum, casei, fermentus & bulgaricus. (Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB))
Saccharomyces cerevisae (Yeast)
Rhodopseudomonas palustris (Photosynthetic) (Purple Non sulphur bacterium)

SO how do we capture all of these to make EM-1?

Lactobacillus can be made through the rice water rinse/fermenting method with milk. But also through any lacto-ferment such as sauerkraut/kimchi etc.
Saccharomyces cerevisae - brewers yeast
Rhodopseudomonas palustris - the tricky one, or so I thought. Sources are stated as pig manure, worm castings, pond water & marine coastal water.  

Can you use the rice water rinse ferment/ sauerkraut juice with worm castings from your vermicompost, paired with brewers yeast... or if you use spent beer grain as a substrate, could that be your source, or would there not be enough yeast remaining to be useful?

Ah cool! I mean, I guess potentially I would just have to buy another bacteria,  so I guess it's the same as purchasing em-1 in the end.  But do you think that if you're trying to do a low cost method where you use things like spent grain and vermicompost, that it would work? If you already have those systems in place,  then why not? Or is it more technical than it seems to be?

So, I've been looking into Bokashi, and noticed the adding of EM-1 as the main part of the process.
I wondered if EM-1 can be made at home.
What bacteria does EM-1 consist of?
Apparently-
Lactobacillus plantarum, casei, fermentus & bulgaricus. (Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB))
Saccharomyces cerevisae (Yeast)
Rhodopseudomonas palustris (Photosynthetic) (Purple Non sulphur bacterium)

SO how do we capture all of these to make EM-1?

Lactobacillus can be made through the rice water rinse/fermenting method with milk. But also through any lacto-ferment such as sauerkraut/kimchi etc.
Saccharomyces cerevisae - brewers yeast
Rhodopseudomonas palustris - the tricky one, or so I thought. Sources are stated as pig manure, worm castings, pond water & marine coastal water.  

Can you use the rice water rinse ferment/ sauerkraut juice with worm castings from your vermicompost, paired with brewers yeast... or if you use spent beer grain as a substrate, could that be your source, or would there not be enough yeast remaining to be useful?
And in what ratios?
Can you make a liquid mix that you spray into your bokashi system?
Or would you mix all of the above onto a substrate- eg spent beer grain or other grains and substrates that are recommended?

First time poster! What a great community! Hope this is well received and engaged with

Thanks,
Steph

So, I've been looking into Bokashi, and noticed the adding of EM-1 as the main part of the process.
I wondered if EM-1 can be made at home.
What bacteria does EM-1 consist of?
Apparently-
Lactobacillus plantarum, casei, fermentus & bulgaricus. (Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB))
Saccharomyces cerevisae (Yeast)
Rhodopseudomonas palustris (Photosynthetic) (Purple Non sulphur bacterium)

SO how do we capture all of these to make EM-1?

Lactobacillus can be made through the rice water rinse/fermenting method with milk. But also through any lacto-ferment such as sauerkraut/kimchi etc.
Saccharomyces cerevisae - brewers yeast
Rhodopseudomonas palustris - the tricky one, or so I thought. Sources are stated as pig manure, worm castings, pond water & marine coastal water.  

Can you use the rice water rinse ferment/ sauerkraut juice with worm castings from your vermicompost, paired with brewers yeast... or if you use spent beer grain as a substrate, could that be your source, or would there not be enough yeast remaining to be useful?