# Soil Creation ideas

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**Category:** Soil\
**Tags:** indoor-grow\
**Created:** [October 29, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/soil-creation-ideas/57040 "2020-10-29T10:10:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 7:20am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/soil-creation-ideas/57040/26 "2020-10-31T07:20:12Z")

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I am with @Skydiver about using the leaf litter from the woods. Just read the ingredients on some of the largest suppliers “Aged Forest Products”. It will be packed with the microbes that break it down and supplier package and sell.  
As for the corn field soil try this. Put some in a small pot, water it thoroughly, and let it dry out. You will more than likely find that it turns into a brick. Our vegetable gardens were once alfalfa / corn fields. I lost track of how many yards of topsoil and compost (by the truck load), bags of peat, sand etc etc I have added to them over the years.  
You may find this link useful

> [@Garrigan"s soil recipe](https://ilgmforum.com/t/garrigan-s-soil-recipe/29472/7):
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> @oldngrey2 Ask an you shall receive lol @garrigan65’s soil recipe: Full Recipe 8 1.5 cubic ft bags of Roots Organics soil or a high-quality organic potting soil with coco fiber and mycorrhizae (i.e., your base soil) 25 to 50 lbs of organic worm castings 5 lbs steamed bone meal 5 lbs bloom bat guano 5 lbs blood meal 3 lbs rock phosphate ¾ cup Epson salts ½ cup sweet lime (dolomite) ½ cup azomite (trace elements) 2 tablespoons powdered humic acid 1/2 Recipe 4 1.5 cubic ft bags of…

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