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Does the moon have the proper nutrients in its surface "soil" to grow plants?

If we dragged in a bunch of lunar dirt to a pressurized area and planted something like wheat grain into it, then added a bunch of earth soil bacteria into it, would the plant be able to healthily grow in the soil?
gpt
It likely has enough mineral context but making soil is a lot more than that. Since lunar regolith is basically dust/sand and rocks without anything else, no microorganisms no organic matter nothing. That’s not really soil by any definition and the best you’d get is things like lichen. To get proper soil though you’d need to break the rock down to the right size, mix it with organic matter as you get it, add water and perhaps with the right microorganisms you could get something recognizable as soil but it takes a lot more work than just lunar regolith and add water and atmosphere to get soil.