Wasted $60 on a bokashi bin that just stank up my kitchen

Bought a Bokashi Living kit off Amazon three months ago thinking it would be perfect for my studio apartment. Followed the instructions exactly but after two weeks the bin smelled like rotten pickles and I found mold on the bran layer. Ended up tossing the whole thing in the dumpster and now I'm back to freezing scraps until trash day. Anyone else have better luck with a different method for small spaces?

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andrewh9514d ago

Spent a whole weekend convincing myself that rotten pickle smell was actually "fermenting" and not just my kitchen slowly turning into a crime scene. The mold on the bran layer was the final sign that I'm just not cut out for this whole composting thing. I tried to salvage it by adding more sugar, thinking maybe the bacteria just needed a pep talk or something. Nope. Just made it smell like a sad, vinegary science experiment. Now I'm back to playing Tetris with frozen carrot peels in my tiny freezer, which at least doesn't make me gag every time I open the door.

the_dylan14d ago

Now you're just running a frozen vegetable museum with nowhere to go.