Weird question

[upidstay]

Have an odd one for you. Does anybody know the nutrient content of cremated human or animal remains. A friend's dog died, and they want to plant a tree in her memory, interring her ashes under the tree, or mixed in with the soil. This is also my final wish. I don't want a headstone, I want an oak. Curious if enough is left to be beneficial to the plant. Assuming it would be high in calcium, from the bone mass.

[grassman177]

ashes are not going to proved any nutrients, it is the blood and decaying flesh that provide nutreints. sorry to say and cant believe i am answering this

[SouthernRoots_Lawn&Garden]

you could always give it a try maybe mix a little potting soil?????? cant say i have a lot of experience burning dead bodies for fertilizer tho. I like your thought however.

[AI Inc]

Be much better off not cremating first. Anything that was once alive releases nitrogen when it decomps. May have to check local ordinances thou as a lot of places forbid buring a pet on a house lot.

[phasthound]

As a long time dog owner I have buried many & planted gardens over them. Everything grew well. Nature has billions of years of experience in recycling.

[RigglePLC]

All the minerals should still be present. Potassium, phosphorus, calcium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese. But much of the nitrogen will be as protein, urea or various amonium compounds--I am not so sure these products would remain. They might be given off as amonia or nitrogen gas. Is anybody here a chemistry major? I am not so sure you would want the mercury from your teeth fillings.

[sprayboy]

I think it depends if the dog was full of $hitt or not.

[grassman177]

I think it depends if the dog was full of $hitt or not.

way to throw out some funny into a delicate situation, hahahahha

[DA Quality Lawn & YS]

Throw the dog in the hole and plant over the top. Good fertilizer:)

Someone would actually, gulp, cremate a dog??
I guess this is just the farm boy background in me speaking...

[sprayboy]

Throw the dog in the hole and plant over the top. Good fertilizer:)

Someone would actually, gulp, cremate a dog??
I guess this is just the farm boy background in me speaking...

I know quite a few people who have cremated their dogs, getting to be good business for crematorys.

A guy I know has his dog on the mantle, will be put in with him when he dies.

A man and his dog together.....forever.