Warm boot recommendations please

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I put a raw chicken breast that was going off in the bokashi bin but now every time I open the bin to put something else in, it stinks of rotten meat (the smell takes over the house!). Is this something you just have to put up with or should I not have put raw chicken in there? I now take the bin outside to put new stuff in but would be grateful to know what others do.

 

Thanks!

[Couperwife]

Did you totally cover it with the bran stuff?

 

that should sort it.

 

but saying that I have never put raw meat in ours.

 

you could try fishing it out and putting it in the proper bin.

 

apart from that I dont know - sorry

 

cathy

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[Egluntyne]

I've never put meat, cooked or otherwise in mine, but the blurb does suggest that you can.

 

Maybe you do need to take Cathy's advice and put extra bran in with the meat.

[ali-s]

Both raw and cooked meat goes into my bin. I am generous with the bran, all the food is completely covered and I squash it all down using my potato masher.

 

The only smell I get is a pickled/winey smell.

 

Is there mould growing? If it is white and fluffy that is OK. If it is green the bin is not working correctly and all the waste should be thrown into the household bin I am afraid. I sometimes get green mould forming on the bin lid which I wash off.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Thanks everyone. I think I'm maybe not putting enough bran in.

 

Can anyone tell me how long it takes to become "pickley" - I've only had it 2 weeks and don't have much in it yet, to be honest.

[Egluntyne]

If you leave it undisturbed for about 10 days after the final addition, it should be "pickley".