Nagual kitchen Composter || Turn Your Kitchen Scraps Into Compost || is this for real?

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Жыл бұрын

In this video, I am unboxing and reviewing the Nagual by Nagualep - a countertop electric kitchen scrap composter that will turn your kitchen scraps into compost/fertilizer and under 5 hours! Let's put it to the test and see what the hype is all about.
You can find the Nagual here (affiliate):
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Interesting article discussing kitchen composters:
www.gardenmyths.com/electric-...
And this video showing what using the by products directly will do for your plants:
• WARNING: Compost from ...
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Disclaimer: All opinions are my own, though backed up by other reviewers and gardening experts. I was not financially compensated for this review. Nagualep sent me this product to try and to provide a fair review. A fair review is one that is honest and uses various sources of information, also readily available, to confirm and or back up opinions made in this video. I want to be very clear; I do not believe this machine makes ready to use compost for your garden and that is my opinion. All material coming out of this machine is sterilized and essentially dead. What it does is dehydrate your food waste and make it smaller. I am still trying to figure out one single applicable use for this process. Kitchen electric composters do not make compost, they shred and dehydrate food scraps. That's it. If you love your garden and you want bountiful harvests year after year, no machine will create compost for you and certainly not in 5 hours. A compost pile will do that, but it will take months and months with hard work forking the pile over.
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@Vanessa-pm6qw Жыл бұрын

Sophia, I love how you review the product and how you feel about the machine and the way it will compost your garden.

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I did a lot of research for that one and I am very upset some creators ooh and aah over it, without looking into it first. It s not all about affiliate links! I want to be a good gardener and I want to learn, this is not compost. Scientists say it s not compost, gardeners say it s not compost, and despite government requests to prove it is compost, companies (not just this one) have failed to provide evidence. So there is that.

@DE-ey9lb Жыл бұрын

You give the best, most thorough,honest reviews. It makes you trustworthy!

@kristyrisner3406 Жыл бұрын

Great honest review! Thank you!

@MsArtistwannabe Жыл бұрын

Even though it’s dry material it still adds to the composition of your garden soil in a good way.

@heatherholliehaller Жыл бұрын

I love it that you are totally honest

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I never post negative reviews, I always just tell the company "sorry, I don't like it" and send it back, sometimes at my own expense. But I so want to learn to garden, I really felt that the claim needed to be addressed.

@sissy55ful Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate your honest review and it saves us money.. This is an expensive appliance. I thought it was good to know. Happy compost buying!!!

@angeladroesbeke415 Жыл бұрын

I was so waiting for someone to make a review of a composter ! Excellent thank you Sofia! I had been tempted for a couple of years to purchase one but wasn’t sure about it yet. On a side note: seeing little mama Electra limp made my heart melt. I have a furry mama who is about her age but has the same lipoma issues as Le Chiffre and it is always so hard to see our little sweethearts grow older. A big hug to her and you ❤

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

She s going on 13.5 y0. She definitely has slowed down.

@justg1226 Жыл бұрын

Holy moly you look terrific!

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!! I feel terrific too!

@safepethaven Жыл бұрын

Hmm, I've had an outdoor [back yard] compost pile of various styles for 4 decades [the neglect/no maintain type] and have never had any bad odors from it, nor critters -- and in a city with ridiculous ordinances with outrageous fines and several Gladys Kravitz-type nearby neighbors. At most it smelled of freshly mowed grass when turned over on rare occasion. The only critters it attracted was neighbors' cats allowed outdoors who liked to lounge atop the pile of leaves because they loved the warmth it generated on cooler evenings in the autumn.

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

Well it s jersey, they ll come after you if a blade of grass is taller than the other. So there is that.

@judystahlman1620 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for being honest

@michellegonthier6251 Жыл бұрын

I like your honest reviews.

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

Thank you, and you know a thing or two about gardening so I trust your judgment here.

@chromegirl2175 Жыл бұрын

I use a large plastic trash bin with a lid for my compost bin, and have used it for many years. I keep it beside my similar trash cans, and it's worked well for me.

@briteddy9759 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the review. It was interesting, though I had no plans for getting one regardless. I have seen a previous review or demo earlier of a “composter” using the same principle. I live in Iowa and bought a tumbler last year. It can handle much more volume. I got it towards the end of the season, so it will be interesting to see how much compost I can generate. By the way, you can buy a lot of compost for $500! I think your assessment/ review was right in target.

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I try my best to provide accurate info and education because I am serious about learning to grow my own food.

@maggiedee9284 Жыл бұрын

I haven’t had a backyard compost pile for years as it attracted mice. Also our city has a composting program. I do find it handy to use my Vitamix to pulverize my egg shells and food scraps. I then pour that directly into my garden…it breaks down very quickly. No need for another appliance. Of course, that is not possible during the six months we are frozen solid here in Calgary. Love your channel.

@SimplyJoyful Жыл бұрын

I have done the same with an old food processor for 30+ years :)

@couturehelvetica1261 Жыл бұрын

Hello. I use bokashi, since I am a balcony gardener (I've been using it for getting on 3 years, and I'm loving it). From what I know and what I've seen, a balanced compost pile really shouldn't smell bad and you don't have to turn it all the time. It's depending on the size and location, but other factors too, probably. Oh, and Mark from SelfSufficientMe is Australian. Fabulous channel, great videos - I highly recommend him to all ppl interested in learning about gardening, growing vegetables and a lot of plant based jokes ;)

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

He s really good. I did not realize he is Australian, I knew there was an accent there. I actually just found out about him while researching this machine.

@couturehelvetica1261 Жыл бұрын

@@mygreatchallenge sorry the machine didn't deliver on its promises. Hopefully you'll find some use for it (if you use dried, blended eggshells as a slow-release, long-term calcium source in your garden, maybe the machine could do that? Not that one needs a special machine, but since you've already got one...). Thanks for being so thorough and honest in your reviews. Much appreciated. Greetings from Switzerland!

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

Yeah I can put the egg shells in the blender.

@hazelmeldrum5860 Жыл бұрын

In the UK with small gardens my friends use a Compost bin , in their gardens which is fully sealed

@habeebideemashayish2750 Жыл бұрын

I think that while it may not be an ideal composter to make "black gold", it still keeps things from the landfill. Because even your food scraps become toxic. I think the biggest takeaway is that this isn't a "soil in one cycle" product, it may be a way to minimize by your compost footprint and food waste from ending up in a landfill. Thanks for the great review!

@lynnthomas7275 Жыл бұрын

A well-built and maintained compost pile should not smell bad. I layer my green/kitchen waste with torn up cardboard and cover with cardboard and weigh it down. You need layers of green and brown waste. I do not put any meat/protein in my bin as that encourages rodents and, to be honest, I don't turn my compost. I do have 2 compost bins made of pallets so I can rotate their use.

@michellewanner3921 Жыл бұрын

Love your jewelry (and the dragonfly) would love to see your favorite pieces. I’ve seen other KZfaqrs with same issues with composters.

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

Yes. I am not the only one debunking the claim. It s not compost, it s dead dehydrated kitchen scrap. I believe the California dpt of agriculture is putting a lawsuit against all companies making similar machines to have them retract the compost claim because it is not compost and should not be used on plants. Compost is a 1-1-1 ratio this is way above that and will burn all roots and kill your plants.

@allisonh.6654 Жыл бұрын

This is good to know about these machines! I could see this being beneficial in reducing food waste going into the landfill, but you are right…it has no benefits for your garden😢

@Around_the_253 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your video

@osmadchlo Жыл бұрын

I knew it was too good to be true when they said you could add meat scraps and eggs...

@livingweirdestherc6644 Жыл бұрын

I was skeptical that this would work

@Harineke333 Жыл бұрын

Sophia, I bury kitchenscraps in my garden, the proces then takes place in the ground. It attracts worms, that work your ground. And all the good stuff will be in the ground and is not being touched except by roots from plants and so on. I make it deep enough to plant on top of it. No extra work. Just that moment you bury it. And you can do this only before the vegetable season or all your long and also in a flower garden. It depends on your location, your garden and room to dig etc. When I first moved here I dug small ditches and filled them with kitchenscarps and leaves and stuff. When one was done, I dug one right beside the other one and so on. Now I save scraps and about once a week or two, I dig a hole where I can in my garden en put it in. I dig holes about 30 to 40 cm deep. It feeds the ground and also helps with keeping the soil moist. I do this in large containers too. I put kitchenscraps at the botom and clippings and so on. Sometimes the dead annuals from last year. It saves on filling it up with new soil aswell, as I also try to reuse it Eggshells and coffee grounds, I also spread on top of the garden. If you dry the eggshells for a week, you can just crush them in small peaces by hand and you will hardly notice it when you spread them in the garden or in pots. Try to mimic what nature does. Now ofcourse it doesnt bury leaves, but it does grow untop of the old stuff. Try to think simple ... using electricity to make compost ... ??? They try to make everything cost money that way. ( English is not my native language, incase I wrote a wrong word or sentence)

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

That is what I did with my raised bed. Native Americans do that, they put food and fish at the bottom of the ditch before planting.

@SimplyJoyful Жыл бұрын

Not sure if I do things the "right way" but for years I have an old food processor JUST for making my "compost" I take thee banana peels, veggies, egg shells .. NO MEAT IN THERE ... I keep in the fridge if necessary. I grind it up in the food processor .. then take outside and add to the garden or compost pile .. cover with a little dirt and everything "decomposes" very quickly. :)

@rebeccaofpollywogflatts8976 Жыл бұрын

yes! This does work.

@verawilkerson6734 Жыл бұрын

We feed most of our veggie scraps to our chickens. We have chicken and horse manure with wood shavings used as bedding in the stalls and coops composting in piles and give it away if neighbors want to come get it f or their gardens.

@carolb9234 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this review. As a composter for 20+ years I was curious how this worked. I mainly compost in the summer/fall season and thought this might work for the winter months. Yes, destroying the beneficial's the soil needs is is not good; you need the worms to break down the matter and leave their poop behind.

@Thewanderingbradys Жыл бұрын

My only idea is if you live in an area like an apartment that has a community garden and compost pile then maybe this could help so you could make less trips to the compost pile. But again the rapid heating process of it is not great for the organic matter.

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

Nope. It has no value.

@kathynolan1966 Жыл бұрын

If I heard right I think you said that you looked at it after three hours but they say leave it for five hours which might have helped ❤

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

I ran another cycle it did nothing more.

@susanhutchinson5305 Жыл бұрын

I make leaf mould compost. Put leaves in black bin bag. Cut a few holes in bag , a cup or two of water. In a few months you have nice compost. My food waste goes in rubbish company food waste bin.

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

Let me ask you this, Susan, do you pay to have your food scraps taken out for you or is it free?

@susanhutchinson5305 Жыл бұрын

It’s part of our bin collection (separate bin). I’m in Ireland so 350.00 euro a year .

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

Our garbage is collected by the town and included in our property tax so I would not be able to compare.

@michellegonthier6251 Жыл бұрын

For your size of garden you would probably be best to purchase your compost.

@robynspersonaltraining3593 Жыл бұрын

I just send my food scraps straight to our neighbour’s chickens. I’m lucky, I live in the country.

@RebelAlliance42 Жыл бұрын

Would this speed up the composting process though? Like if you added this material to one of those compact, rolling barrel type composters, or whatever, with some regular soil, would it break down faster? And it compacts the scraps, so could you fit more in the composter at a time? I mean, would it speed things up a bit? Composting your own scraps is definitely worth looking into...

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

No it would have to start over to regain its balance of good and bad bacteria.

@RebelAlliance42 Жыл бұрын

@@mygreatchallenge right, gotcha, sorry, I feel 🤪 😂

@angelar5145 Жыл бұрын

What a bummer for you! And so expensive! Going on the Marketplace, I think. LOL

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

Probably but will let them know it s not compost!

@laurelldockall2399 Жыл бұрын

Sophia. You are looking fantastic. Omg look at your tiny waist!! Wow❤️

@kristinalundbergh7851 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for being so honest!!! In spite of what you can read further on I have considered the idea of a faster way to good compost. In regards to composting in a small garden: years ago my municipality gave away free compost bins. For the first several years I didn’t really use it, but since the famously ‘popular’ epidemic l have used it for almost all my garden waste and all my kitchen waste(I do not eat meat, but do eat fish. As it is rodent safe you can put a small amount of bread, cheese or meat into it, but generally no such matter is good in a suburban area as it can smell. With only garden waste and vegetable waste it does NOT SMELL). It takes about two years to compost with the help of composting worms and I have to water it from time to time. But it does NOT smell and it makes a good top dressing. I stir it from time to time when I remember, probably something like once every second month when it’s not freezing… Hot composting has supposedly much higher nutrient and is definitely much faster(a few months!), but does take a bit more space and time. I live in Denmark and l am so lucky that I can choose to have all my kitchen waste picked up in a separate bin (every 2 weeks) plus my garden waste either at my house (4 times a year) or I can deliver it myself at the recycling centre where I can also pick up as much free compost as I like; made from the above ☺️Plus free composting worms in the spring in case the ones from last year have left me… As always; thank you for a great and not only helpful but also very personal and thoughtful video.

@AZHITW Жыл бұрын

When wheelie bins for garbage get damaged the city would convert them to compost bins, they'd drill lots of 2 inch holes for air circulation, take off the lid, and I believe they sold for $5. You'd put the wheelie bin upside down and put the lid on what was previously the bottom (the wheels removed, and the bottom cut off) to keep out any bird and/or cats. I'd fill mine with dry leaf litter layered with green refuse from my yard (trimming from my shrubs, clippings from trees, etc.). I'm not one to turn and water often, but like you I'd do it every 2 or 3 months. It takes a year for the refuse to decompose, but I had the most beautiful flower garden using compose I made. I used only dried leaves and green clippings and my compost bins didn't have any smell.

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

I think I am going to start one.

@gladysanderson1351 Жыл бұрын

That is disappointing. Thanks for the evaluation!

@MsArtistwannabe Жыл бұрын

My daughter has a counter top composter and it finishes looking like coffee grounds.

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

hi Michelle, what is the brand? I d like to look it up. Thank you

@isabellerininger6249 Жыл бұрын

I had such high hopes, darn. We use a Worm Factory 360 and it’s great for us. Definitely more work than this gadget -but gosh, disappointing. I guess they can’t all be winners.

@lynnthomas7275 Жыл бұрын

Self Sufficient Me is in Australia

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

Yes I was just told that, I did not realize as I just only discovered his channel. I am definitely going to watch more of his content.

@Ladythyme Жыл бұрын

Interesting…jury is out

@susanw9630 Жыл бұрын

You can make it somebody else's street find!

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

Lol.

@Poketfullofvintage Жыл бұрын

self sufficient me… is an Aussie sweetheart I’m sure you have been corrected many times 😂…must be the French accent not picking up😉….all said and done either way not worth the money or time…or the amount of time you have this product…oh boy!..😳nothing will replace the true tested method in a back yard garden..dig and feed..water and enjoy..a little sunshine a little rain and repeat……

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

Yep many times. But that s okay, it s not like I come across a lit of Aussies myself that I would pick up on the accent. I only discovered him when I watched his video on the same product. To be fair, for years people thought I came from south America.

@sandracollins7938 Жыл бұрын

Too bad........but did you recycle it again to see?

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

Yes. Same thing.

@alisonb7734 Жыл бұрын

Self Sufficient me is from queensland australia not england

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

Thank you Alison, I just discovered him while researching this product. I knew there was an accent there. I definitely will watch more videos, I find him very interesting.

@cgd1125 Жыл бұрын

I compost but couldn't pay this much for a product. Our electric bill came yesterday and it was $561.00!!! There are 3 people here and we all work outside the house. It's insane how much it has gone up. It's supposed to be less starting May 1 but that's when we'll have AC's put in. And they want us to get electric cars!!! Sorry for the rant but I'm so sick of this.

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

I hear you!

@patkern185 Жыл бұрын

Me too!

@rebeccaofpollywogflatts8976 Жыл бұрын

We have an electric coop here in Michigan. They have a gadget available that I can plug my appliances into, letting me know how much energy that appliance is using. Also available at my local library. Our electric coop also has a website where we can go into our account and see how much electricity our whole place is drawing at any given time. This is all helpful.

@brendacurtis7188 Жыл бұрын

It looked so promising. It's too bad it doesn't work for you.😢

@mygreatchallenge Жыл бұрын

I know. I read so many articles and watched so many videos. It s just not what it says it is. You can t use the product straight onto your plants and roots, not in that state. It woukd jave to go through the breakdown again. I am gonna have to bite the bullet and just make a compost pile in the back.