Homemade Potting Mix - No Coir, No Peat Moss. Possible?

Hi everyone.

This question has been on my mind for a while and would love to get some ideas.

When I've made my own potting mix before (for ginger and sweet potatoes), I used 1/3 coconut coir, 1/3 sand and 1/3 compost, and got good results.

However, since the coconut coir I got was imported from Sri Lanka, and coconuts don't grow locally, I was hoping to find a local material to use. Any thoughts?

Go under a dense thicket of leafy trees, pull back the light layer of leaves and get what is under that.

Hi Wayne, thanks for the reply. That would be "leaf mold", is that right?

I could probably also do a DIY version by keeping some leaves moist in a container for a year or so?