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Composting: little things that count
Today is Father’s Day. It is
also the official first day of the
astronomical summer and the
summer solstice, meaning the
sun has reached its northern
most position in the sky — at
6:39 a.m. for Hawaii Island.
In the Northern Hemisphere,
it also corresponds to the
longest day — 13 hours, 20
minutes — and shortest night.
What better way to celebrate
this trifecta than with a garden
project that you can use to
support the love of gardening,
make great use of the long day,
and to do something that will
benefit all of us in Hawaii?
The project that comes to
mind is composting of our gar-
den and kitchen organic waste
to keep it out of our landfills
and to create something truly
good and useful. Numerous
variations can be employed
ranging from one that is ini-
tially started in the kitchen,
one using earthworms and
one that even uses maggots.
Each has its own set of pros
and cons, but all lead to the
breakdown of organic matter
to make nutrient rich compost.
Composting can be defined
as the speeding up of the nat-
ural process of breaking down
of organic material through
the use of microorganisms
and invertebrates. By actively
maintaining optimum condi-
tions of moisture, aeration and
temperature, the decomposi-
tion occurs at a quicker pace.
Pile composting is practiced
by many gardeners and is an
aerobic process where oxy-
gen-loving microorganism and
invertebrates work to break-
down plant materials. At its
simplest, it is a pile of leaves,
twigs, branches and other
plant debris that practice little
management of the degrada-
tion process. Decomposition
time is generally long, but
requires very little commit-
ment of time and labor.
In contrast, hot compost-
ing is an active process where
pile temperatures, moisture
levels and constituent plant
material are monitored to opti-
mize the degradation process.
The carbon to nitrogen ratio
of the materials is carefully
monitored. A proper C:N ratio
should be in the neighbor-
hood of 25-30:1. Carbon-rich
plant materials are the brown
dried plant material, while
the wet, green materials are
nitrogen-rich. Hence the rule
of mixing of brown and green
for best results in composting.
A simple rule for the amount
of brown and green material
to use is a volume-based recipe
where one-fourth to one-half
would be green material.
Vermiculture, or vermicom-
posting, is the process of using
earthworms to digest plant
matter to create worm castings,
a nutrient-rich, compost-like
product. Earthworms are vora-
cious eaters and about 2,000
worms will eat a pound of plant
material per week. Worms like
moist but not too wet environ-
ment, aeration and darkness so
a loose-fitting cover is essential
for best results. Red wiggler
worms are used most often
and are normally housed in a
wooden or plastic container.
Bathtubs and other similar
large containers have been
used to house large populations
of worm. As long as they have
food and the environment is
to their liking, the worms will
thrive and multiply. Items
that they do not feed on are
meat, fats, oils and citrus rinds.
Overfeeding can lead to rotting
of plant material and odors,
cause the worms to crawl away.
Bokashi composting origi-
nated in Japan and is conduct-
ed as a two-part process used
to break down any organic
matter, including meat, fish,
bones and cheese. In the first
part, anaerobic fermentation of
the organic material is accom-
plished with the use of “effec-
tive microorganism” prepared
as an inoculant mixture with
wheat bran and molasses.
Normally fermentation is con-
ducted in a special bokashi
container, but can be done in
any airtight container. Five-
gallon buckets with lids work
well. Inoculant is placed on the
bottom of the container and a
layer of food waste is layered
in the bucket and more inoc-
ulant is spread over the top.
This process repeats until the
bucket is full, at which time it
is set aside until the faint smell
of vinegar/sourness develops
in about two to four weeks.
Then the content is buried in
the garden for the second step
where all of the organic matter
breaks down into compost via
aerobic microorganisms. The
contents can also be buried in
your regular compost pile. In
Japan, part one is commonly
conducted in a bucket under
the kitchen sink, with part
two done in a pot outside.
One of the newest methods
of composting uses the larva
of the black solider fly (tech-
nically a maggot) to rapidly
eat many different kinds of
organic waste and converting
it to nutrient-rich compost.
The adult solider flies are
familiar to many of us as the
skinny, inch-long black fly on
our window screens and house
walls. The most common food
material used is kitchen scraps
and leftovers. The Biopod is
a commercially available unit
used for cultivating solider
fly larva and to collect pupat-
ing larva. Oil, fat and citrus
are to be avoided. Solider fly
larva will consume raw and
cooked meat, poultry and fish.
For more information on this
and other gardening topics,
visit the University of Hawaii
College of Human Resources
Tropical Agriculture website
at ctahr.hawaii.edu/Site/
Info.aspx or visit any of the
local Cooperative Extension
Service offices around the
island. I can be reached at
.
BY RUSSELL NAGATA
SPECIAL TOWEST HAWAII TODAY
KOREAN DRAMAWEEKLY UPDATE
KBFD TV is one of the first
Federal Communications
Commission licensed TV
stations in the U.S. broad-
casting Korean programming
in full high definition.
Summer cleaning of the
office reminds me of the
many changes in TV broad-
casting in just the last 30
some years. When I was
just a kid, I remember car-
rying around 1-inch helical
video tapes, which were
being phased out. Then
came 3/4-inch tapes called
U-matic tapes in the 1980s.
The ‘90s brought U-matic
SP, then came Hi8 video
tapes then beta tapes, beta
SP tapes, DV cam tapes,
and digital betacam tapes.
Now we are tapeless.
It’s hard to imagine a
TV station without video
tapes ,other than archival
materials from past years.
Yet technology has helped
stations like KBFD even
the playing field with major
networks as far as quality
of broadcast. What’s next in
the TV industry? Ultra high
definition TV also known as
4K. Currently HD is called
2K so basically 4K would be
twice the clarity of video.
‘Here Comes Jang Bori’
Episodes 19 and 20
Today, 6:30 p.m.: Oak-soo
tries to get Bo-ri to apprentice
under Sumi, but In-hwa doesn’t
want her to take her in. But
Su-mi and Soo-bong suggest
giving a test to everyone who
wants to study at Beeseulchae
to see if they’re qualified.
Today, 7:45 p.m.: Bo-ri
finds the prize-winning paint-
ing in Min-jung’s room and
confronts her. Soo-bong
overhears their argument
and decides to look for Eun-
bee again. Min-jung’s mom
decides to work at Hwa-yeon’s
house as a housekeeper.
‘The Mask’
Episodes 1 and 12
Wednesday, 7:45 p.m.: Eun-
ha (Soo Ae) is the daughter of
a presidential candidate who’s
about to enter into a marriage
of convenience with Min-woo
(Joo Ji-hoon). Ji-sook, who
looks exactly like Eun-ha is a
salesperson at a department
store barely making ends
meet. Their paths cross when
Eun-ha sees Ji-sook work-
ing at a department store.
Thursday, 7:45 p.m.: Eun-
ha falls into a coma and
Seok-hoon falls into despair.
He tells his assistant to find
Ji-sook who looks exactly like
Eun-ha. Ji-sook and Min-woo
arrange to meet regarding
an incident at a hotel, but
Seok-hoon interferes.
‘Heard It Through the
Grapevine’
Episodes 27 and 28
Monday, 7:45 p.m.: Ms. Yang
goes to see Min Joo-hwan per
Jung-ho’s order, and gives an
envelope to Joo-young. Joo-
young is enraged and goes to
confirm it with her brother.
Yeon-hee and Young-ra’s plan
to get Hyun-soo and In-sang
married backfires on them.
Tuesday, 7:45 p.m: Jung-
ho tries to build an inde-
structible shield against a
“Supernova” rumor started
by Yoo Shin-young and Yoon
Je-hoon. In-sang goes to see
Bom after much pondering.
‘Divorce Lawyer in Love’
Episodes 11 and 12
Friday, 7:45 p.m.: Jung-woo’s
mother is dead set against
Jung-woo dating Cheok-hee.
She tells Jung-woo Soo-ah sold
her house to put Jung-woo
through law school. Cheok-hee
goes to see Jung-woo’s mother
to apologize for the incident
three years ago, but she
wouldn’t even let Cheok-hee in.
Saturday, 7:45 p.m.: Jung-
hee and Cheok-hee has a
new client who’s trying to
divorce her husband of 40
years after having to cook a
feast for every meal. Dong-
san runs into Min-gyu as he
rushes out after getting a
call from the police regard-
ing Mi-hee. Min-gyu helps
Mi-hee out of a tight spot.
Jeff Chung is owner and operator of
KBFD TV.
