Comment on When you die, what do you want to be done with you?

surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I thought cremains would be worse for the tree.

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  • spittingimage@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    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.

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    • danafest@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I believe they are mostly not even ashes, just ground up bone fragments

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• webghost0101@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Thats just carbon though. Surely the nutrients in the ground are equally important.

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