lousyd to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 years agoWhen you die, what do you want to be done with you?message-squaremessage-square166linkfedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1122arrow-down1message-squareWhen you die, what do you want to be done with you?lousyd to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square166linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarespittingimage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThey are. I researched it because my mother wanted to grow a lemon tree from her cremains. Human ashes are too acidic for most plants to grow in unless you mix them with soil or compost. Which doesn’t seem at all respectful.
minus-squaredanafest@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoI believe they are mostly not even ashes, just ground up bone fragments
I thought cremains would be worse for the tree.
They are. I researched it because my mother wanted to grow a lemon tree from her cremains. Human ashes are too acidic for most plants to grow in unless you mix them with soil or compost. Which doesn’t seem at all respectful.
I believe they are mostly not even ashes, just ground up bone fragments