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Planting fetus remains in a planter

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love111 · 21/12/2022 05:51

Hi,
I have seen some messages on ladies doing this as a solution to bury their fetus remains with a plant in a planter and I am in the process of doing this for myself.
I just had a question for anyone who may have gone through this process already.

When you have buried it, once its time to repot your plant, does the repotting or resoiling process affect or impede on the already buried remains in the soil of the plant.

Mine is in a compbustable bag, that can be burried with the soil. I'm also getting a plant that wont outgrow a medium sized pot largest so I may only need to repot once or twice, but even when keeping it in the same pot I will have to resoil it every year or so.
Can anyone let me know what this was like for them and how it worked out.

Thank you so much in advanced :)

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greenacrylicpaint · 21/12/2022 06:31

sorry for your loss

how big are the remains?
tbh I have a few shrubs in pots that I have never taken out for years. I just fill up with new soil every couple of years.

love111 · 22/12/2022 07:44

Thank you!

& Oh ok, so when you refill your soil, you dont remove any soil, instead you just top it up?
I'm new to planting in general so its all a learning curve.

& my remains are small, roughly just about or a bit smaller than the inner palm of my hand.

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CottonPyjamas · 22/12/2022 07:56

I considered doing this, but have to admit that I knew if/when the plant died, I'd feel devastated all over again. I'm really sorry for your loss

SuzyQ12 · 22/12/2022 08:08

Sorry for your loss. I did this, and it wasn't any different to reporting any other plant when needed, my loss was around 10 weeks.

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