Hello, i live in a yuropoor urban hellhole but i want to grow some vegetables and herbs on my balcony this season.



I want to start a compost from my kitchen scraps without it being too smelly or attracting pests. 

What's the best composting method to achieve this?

hot composter

>>2603020 (OP)

make sure to add plenty of carbon like shredded cardboard if you're just composting kitchen waste. enough to cover and that will reduce smells and pests.

>>2603020 (OP)

How big a balcony and what's the drainage like?

You might find a bubbler bucket (aquarium pump, into lava stone at the bottom of a bucket) less stinky and you can throw in guano &amp; bacteria starters.

Bokashi speeds up the composting process but I've been put off by it still needing a compost pile with stink potential https://www.thespruce.com/basics-of-bokashi-composting-2539742

Are you growing anything yet? I had to go for wind resistant plants, so far doing great with raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and strawberries. Gourds and pumpkins have been too delicate. Seems like rhubarb needs more than an 80l pot. We've got another 80l pot with snowflake, polygonum and a few other flowers to attract pollinators. You won't get fruit without pollinators.

Eventually I'll setup some PVC pipe shelves for spinach and similar leafy greens.

>>2603020 (OP)

Worm bin is your best bet, the worm castings are 10/10 fertilizer and there shouldn't be any smells.

>shredded cardboard

If you don't have any on hand and don't want to go looking around for boxes, get some activated carbon or other cheap adsorvant
