Turning Food Scraps into Fertilizer in 5 Hours?
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Date: 2022-07-18
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Comments and reviews: 15
Peter
it doesn't create compost, just dehydrated material. I wouldn't put that on my plants. I would make a compost pile with it. Wet it and let mother nature work. then put the compost on your plants. Nice to keep that material indoors till your ready to bring to compost pile though, esp during the winter. Not sure it even speeds up the composting. That would be an experiment. No indoor insects or smell is a plus. Try your experiment 100% compost vs 100% your electric bin dehydrated scraps. Bet your bowl of scraps doesn't make a plant grow.
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it doesn't create compost, just dehydrated material. I wouldn't put that on my plants. I would make a compost pile with it. Wet it and let mother nature work. then put the compost on your plants. Nice to keep that material indoors till your ready to bring to compost pile though, esp during the winter. Not sure it even speeds up the composting. That would be an experiment. No indoor insects or smell is a plus. Try your experiment 100% compost vs 100% your electric bin dehydrated scraps. Bet your bowl of scraps doesn't make a plant grow.
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william
I feel like for someone less involved in gardening or composting (aka lazy like me who doesnt want to deal with the smell of those compost bins you keep in the kitchen to fill up before you make a run out to the big bin in the yard this would totally get me to compost more also it allows you to put so much more in! That alone is amazing! ) it might be nice because you can put in more than what you normally would, you can also easily store it and I imagine it smells a lot less as a dehydrated broken up mass!
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I feel like for someone less involved in gardening or composting (aka lazy like me who doesnt want to deal with the smell of those compost bins you keep in the kitchen to fill up before you make a run out to the big bin in the yard this would totally get me to compost more also it allows you to put so much more in! That alone is amazing! ) it might be nice because you can put in more than what you normally would, you can also easily store it and I imagine it smells a lot less as a dehydrated broken up mass!
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Bob
I'm not buying it. It's basically a dehydrator/woodchipper that doesn't require thinly-cut pieces. So it has to run a long time to create the soil/mulch. In the meantime it is putting the byproducts of heat and moisture into your home - great for winter but not so much in the summer, which is when most people are using soil. I wonder what it will do to your electric bill. I guess you could put it in the garage in the summer. Worst of all, these things can run over $500, bacteria and the sun are free.
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I'm not buying it. It's basically a dehydrator/woodchipper that doesn't require thinly-cut pieces. So it has to run a long time to create the soil/mulch. In the meantime it is putting the byproducts of heat and moisture into your home - great for winter but not so much in the summer, which is when most people are using soil. I wonder what it will do to your electric bill. I guess you could put it in the garage in the summer. Worst of all, these things can run over $500, bacteria and the sun are free.
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Natalie
Thank you for the review! I don't have a garden and cannot compost in my current living situation. I def. am interested in this to reduce food waste! I believe the electricity off set still outweighs adding to landfills which creates methane. I am curious if you have tried other companies products like Lomi or other ones out there, to really compare which is best. Love your videos! Thank you!
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Thank you for the review! I don't have a garden and cannot compost in my current living situation. I def. am interested in this to reduce food waste! I believe the electricity off set still outweighs adding to landfills which creates methane. I am curious if you have tried other companies products like Lomi or other ones out there, to really compare which is best. Love your videos! Thank you!
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Gomer
This product is essentially a food dehydrator with a blender inside it.
You are better off simply composting the materials or throwing them into the green bin or trash as it will still produce the same methane offgassing regardless of dehumidifying but now you've added the half a pound of carbon exhaust used to power your device if your city uses natural gas to power your home.
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This product is essentially a food dehydrator with a blender inside it.
You are better off simply composting the materials or throwing them into the green bin or trash as it will still produce the same methane offgassing regardless of dehumidifying but now you've added the half a pound of carbon exhaust used to power your device if your city uses natural gas to power your home.
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Idontrunn
This is the love child between a blender and a dehydrator. The finished product isn't compost, It's just shredded and dehydrated plant matter. Real compost is organic material that has been decayed/rotted into a natural fertilizer.
The dehydrated shredded material that this thing produces. Still needs to be rehydrated and composted.
Waste of money, energy and time.
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This is the love child between a blender and a dehydrator. The finished product isn't compost, It's just shredded and dehydrated plant matter. Real compost is organic material that has been decayed/rotted into a natural fertilizer.
The dehydrated shredded material that this thing produces. Still needs to be rehydrated and composted.
Waste of money, energy and time.
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TheTonyj30
The before-and-after is the exact same fertilizer just one has been dried out so it's effectively the exact same as laying the food waste on top of the ground and letting the sun dry it out except using this thing you're going to generate about a half a pound of CO2 every time you run it on top of the methane that the food's going to generate as it decomposes anyway
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The before-and-after is the exact same fertilizer just one has been dried out so it's effectively the exact same as laying the food waste on top of the ground and letting the sun dry it out except using this thing you're going to generate about a half a pound of CO2 every time you run it on top of the methane that the food's going to generate as it decomposes anyway
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Plasma
The before-and-after is the exact same fertilizer just one has been dried out so it's effectively the exact same as laying the food waste on top of the ground and letting the sun dry it out except using this thing you're going to generate about a half a pound of CO2 every time you run it on top of the methane that the food's going to generate as it decomposes anyway
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The before-and-after is the exact same fertilizer just one has been dried out so it's effectively the exact same as laying the food waste on top of the ground and letting the sun dry it out except using this thing you're going to generate about a half a pound of CO2 every time you run it on top of the methane that the food's going to generate as it decomposes anyway
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Allan
Sadly it doesn't lower greenhouse gas emissions at all, actually it creates more as dehydrating takes alot of energy. Just compost or recycle your Biodegradables. Plus there are cheaper machines available from more established manufacturers that should be around for years and possibly supply parts for repairs. I don't think Lomi will be around for long.
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Sadly it doesn't lower greenhouse gas emissions at all, actually it creates more as dehydrating takes alot of energy. Just compost or recycle your Biodegradables. Plus there are cheaper machines available from more established manufacturers that should be around for years and possibly supply parts for repairs. I don't think Lomi will be around for long.
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Cathy
This is a HUGE answer to our garbage problem. People need to be educated on the incredible amount of garbage destroying our world. This MUST be affordable.
Everyone should have these. EVERYONE. Education, affordability.
If I had money, I would give one to every person on earth! Oh what I would do with money. So many people in need!
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This is a HUGE answer to our garbage problem. People need to be educated on the incredible amount of garbage destroying our world. This MUST be affordable.
Everyone should have these. EVERYONE. Education, affordability.
If I had money, I would give one to every person on earth! Oh what I would do with money. So many people in need!
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Smokeydabee
The only way I can see this being effective is if Cities created larger versions of the machine and they were made for apartment complexes. This would create less land fill mass, and provide those people with community garden amendments. This would reduce emissions as well. Unless you need the space this is a waste.
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The only way I can see this being effective is if Cities created larger versions of the machine and they were made for apartment complexes. This would create less land fill mass, and provide those people with community garden amendments. This would reduce emissions as well. Unless you need the space this is a waste.
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Brendan
I puree my compost in the blender to speed the plow in the worm bin. I also pressure cook bones for stock, and by the time they're done, you can crumble 'em in your fingers. Into the blender they go. Free bone meal, no worries about composting animal fats. Worms and bacteria make short work of my compost smoothie.
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I puree my compost in the blender to speed the plow in the worm bin. I also pressure cook bones for stock, and by the time they're done, you can crumble 'em in your fingers. Into the blender they go. Free bone meal, no worries about composting animal fats. Worms and bacteria make short work of my compost smoothie.
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handmade
perfect solution for anyone who doesn't care about some additional nuclear power plants providing the energy just to dry organic waste. for all the others - there is already a very very big nuclear power-plant up in the sky - called sun, and our nature, which can do the job. not in 5 hours, but eco-friendly: -)
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perfect solution for anyone who doesn't care about some additional nuclear power plants providing the energy just to dry organic waste. for all the others - there is already a very very big nuclear power-plant up in the sky - called sun, and our nature, which can do the job. not in 5 hours, but eco-friendly: -)
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Shauna
My husband eats a dozen bananas a day. This will be a great option for reducing the peels because the amount I'm saving from the landfill is going to be much more manageable. I have no yard. I've been trying to dry them out by hanging the peels on a fence but they take a long time and it's really wet in the PNW.
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My husband eats a dozen bananas a day. This will be a great option for reducing the peels because the amount I'm saving from the landfill is going to be much more manageable. I have no yard. I've been trying to dry them out by hanging the peels on a fence but they take a long time and it's really wet in the PNW.
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benis
In these comments: People who never learned the difference between a chemical and physical change in 5th grade science.
This appliance does absolutely nothing. It dries your scraps, breaks them up a little, and then what do you have? Yep, you still have food scraps that you have to compost.
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In these comments: People who never learned the difference between a chemical and physical change in 5th grade science.
This appliance does absolutely nothing. It dries your scraps, breaks them up a little, and then what do you have? Yep, you still have food scraps that you have to compost.
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