Planting in a pot - with ashes – Grey Blossom

Depending on your circumstances, you may be planting your tree in a pot or straight in the ground. You may be interring cremated ashes with your tree or you may simply be planting it in someone's memory.

This article covers our recommendations for when you wish to plant your memorial tree in the ground with ashes. If this is not what you're planning, then please see our articles on:

Planting in a pot - without ashes

Planting in the ground - with ashes

Planting in the ground - without ashes

Planting in a Pot with Ashes

You will need:

Spade or trowel

Watering can or hose

Large container for mixing

Large pot with drainage holes

Around 50 litres compost (we recommend John Innes. No 2 blend)

Gardening gloves

Step One - Choose the right pot

Minimum 40–50 litres with drainage holes.

We recommend frost-proof pots, like fibreglass and glazed terracotta variants.

Place in a bright position with some direct sun.

Step Two - Prepare the potting mix

In a separate container, mix:

- Full pot volume of compost

- Up to 500ml ash

- The full Unifying Mix kit

Blend thoroughly.

Return most of this blended mixture to your planting pot until nearly full.

Make a small hole in the centre for planting your tree.
In the hole, sprinkle in the full sachet of root-supporting fungi provided.

Step Three - Position the tree

Remove the tree from its biodegradable pulp pot.

Place the tree in the hole with the root-supporting fungi.

Step Four - Backfill and firm

Fill in the rest of the space with remaining blended compost/ash mix, leaving a small gap between the rim of the planting pot and surface of the compost.