ramirez.caleb•12d agoProlific Poster

Pro tip: skip the fancy electric composter and try trench composting

Everyone told me those $400 Lomi machines were the future, but after my neighbor let me try hers for a month it just made slimy mush that attracted ants. I dug a 12 inch trench in my backyard for free and bury kitchen scraps there, and my tomato plants grew twice as big this summer. Has anyone else had better luck with simple dirt methods?

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patricia_rodriguez12d agoMost Upvoted

Dug a hole and buried my scraps for years now and its the best thing I ever did for my garden. That Lomi machine just turns food into warm garbage that gets thrown in the trash anyway, which totally defeats the purpose. My carrots and beans love the rich soil right where I bury the stuff, and it keeps the smell away too. You ever notice how the fancy gadgets always add more steps to things that worked fine before? People think they need technology to compost but nature already figured it out for free.

jordan18412d ago

My buddy tried one of those Lomi machines last year cause he thought it'd be easier. Ended up with this weird warm mush that smelled like old coffee grounds and rotten veggies mixed together. He tried putting it in his compost pile but it just attracted raccoons and flies like crazy. After a month he gave up and went back to burying his scraps in the garden. His tomatoes grew bigger than ever once he started doing that again. Sometimes the old ways really are the best ways.