Making my own soil

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Hello I’m looking for some ideas for mixing my own soil. I’m a beginner. I live on 10 acres out in country. There is about 8acres of woods , on the bottom of the forest floor are layers of leaves that have been there for over 20 years plus there’s also a huge pile of years of grass clippings, I’ve never seen such rich soil , all decomposed compost. Any suggestions or help onto how I go about making my own soil for my baby girls to be transplanted in a few week will highly appreciated. Thank You in advance for your knowledge and support !!!
MB

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when making your own soil it’s best to mix the ingredients together, get it wet and let everything blend together for a few months…a few weeks isn’t enough time for it all to adjust.

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Composted leafs and grass clippings are excellent soil builder, mix it with some top soil , you can go 50-50 and you good to go…
Its been probably worked by earthworms , best thing you can get…
Simple is good :wink:

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Thank you so much for you recipe @kabongster , I can use all the feed I can get and I’m a beginner but I’m feeling so confident go forward with my infant baby girls ,
Thank you for taking you time to spread your knowledge and experience.
Gratefully ;
MB

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Thank you also for your knowledge and support, definitely want the perfect home fort baby girls. Started five strawberry kush, all 5 popped , now I just start 20 WW for a fiend . He got a deal ,buy 10 get 10 free and for helping him start them off he’s giving me 5 plants do I definitely have my hands full so I want to make sure I’m get all these girls off and healthy.

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here’s a soil recipe, not for your compost unfortunately, but as an idea of things to add

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Thank you for you recipe but I’d like to use the soil that’s on the property plus I found a huge compost pile that bee there for years , if I have the soil tested what should I be looking for? Thank You again for you knowledge and taking time to help a old women @kabongster , LOL
Very Appreciated;
MB

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Hello @Ragnar thank you. I’m going to have the soil tested what should I be looking for? What’s good and what’s bad ?
MB

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in my state, UCONN does soil analysis, along with many other businesses…an internet search of soil analysis does the trick

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You looking for balance, that is the simple answer…
Heavy metals like lead cadmium and antimony , arsenic all this should not be high ( there will be some presence likely if the soil is natural and thats ok)

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If I were doing what you are I would blend in some high quality materials like worm castings and for nitrogen something like mushroom compost, which is wonderful stuff but probably a little goes a long way. I would also add a bunch of earthworms to my main compost pile and start blending my future mix.

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Wonderful advice…will work great :wink: