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RE: ULOG 133 - Black Soldier Flies in the garden
I wonder, the soil that is left once the soldier flies have gone, how fertile is that? compared with regular 'rotten leaves / worm digestion compost'?
I mean would it be an option to use soldier flies as a kind of turbo compost machine?
I’d say the frass left by the BSFL is too high in ammonia depending on how you manage your bin. I would not use directly with plants if you feed the BSFL kitchen scraps and it’s wet and muddy. I usually collect the frass, mix it with shredded cardboard, leave the mix for a day or two and give it to the compost worms.
If you manage a BSFL compost bin well and keep it dry so that the frass is just moist and crumbly then it might be fine to use it directly as a soil amendment.
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That including cardboard and worms still seems to be much faster then 'normal composting' I was just wondering how effective this is to speed up composting of kitchen scraps. Where reducing storage space could be an important topic.
Yes going with BSFL first will definitely speed up the composting process.
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