Which composter in an apartment with a terrace?

[stephol50]

Hello everyone!

We live in the city, in an apartment and without a garden. On the other hand, we have a large terrace.
Recently we decided to try composting at home. But we don't really know which model or type of composter would be suitable ...
We cook a lot and our kitchen waste is bulky, so we have plenty to do. And it will also help our green plants and maybe our laurels on the terrace.

We found some information on the net, especially on the website https://les-composteurs.fr/ to name just that one.
But the truth is there is a lot of information, and it's really hard to get an idea.
Well, gardening stores only know how to advise customers who have a garden .

Is the vermicomposter a good option in town?
Do you have any feedback or advice?

Thank you in advance,

Stéphane and Sophie

[GuyGadeboisTheBack]

Any composter that you can buy in a garden center will do. It's more a matter of size compared to the size of your patio than anything else. Afterwards, it is not forbidden to make one.
https://planetehealthy.com/meilleurs-co ... ne-balcon/

[phil53]

From my point of view the bokashi method is better suited to your needs.
No odor, no gnats or other nuisances.

[izentrop]

From my point of view the bokashi method is better suited to your needs.
No odor, no gnats or other nuisances.

+1
Except that bokashi, there is a dose of legend.

A completely airtight composter to avoid odors and flies. You have to manage it like compost : Mixing with wood shavings or any other carbonaceous material allows pre-composting while taking care to maintain an ideal humidity, a mixture which allows a sufficient level of oxygen in the heart of the material avoids odorous rot.
The use of small 5 l buckets with airtight cover allows you to wait a while before emptying them into a composter, or do as in bokashi, incorporated in surface soil
See as well https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapport_C/N

A concrete example http://lecompost.info/bac-interieur

[phil53]

Izentrop, the Bokashi has another advantage: it does not waste energy on heat.
Kind of like surface composting like those who can.
I am not a fundamentalist who has to find what suits him best.

[izentrop]

Izentrop, the Bokashi has another advantage: it does not waste energy on heat.
.

It takes more than 5 or 10 l to trigger a thermophilic phase and the first phase is a (cold) lactic fermentation if you manage it well ...
Above all, excess water is avoided with absorbent material, otherwise the tap of the commercial bucket can be practical. On the other hand, the EMs are a legend.

[Ahmed]

Indeed, on small volumes (more often poorly managed, because it is difficult to balance a compost on small inputs) the hot phase does not occur.

[stephol50]

Thanks for these messages!
I will also study the question of bokashi .

[Christophe]

A little HS but in the subject all the same.

I just learned by zapping that will the collection of compostable waste be an obligation in France in 2024?

That is to say the obligation to separate compostable waste from residuals (this has been in place in Belgium for at least 15 years and many other countries ... with what we call duo bins: bins with central separator) ...

There are experiments in several corners of France already.

I would say that it is not too early in a country which has mainly chosen incineration since by burning compostable waste we mainly burn water (which is already an ash as a reminder: that of hydrogen!). So I would say: fortunately we consume tons and tons of plastic to compensate for this water!

This new market is already attracting various and varied opportunities from falsely green and company bogus startups ... ah business ...

[Christophe]

Read about it: waste-and-recycling / humus-citizen-composting-urban-bio-waste-t15593.html