Speaking of perennials in hugelkulture beds.. specifically strawberries. I saw the question posed..
Strawberries only live on average 5 years. The first year they are getting settled in and producing fruits as well as a few runners. The second year they produce well and send out even more runners. The next few years the strawberry plants produce much less and send out more runners before finally dieing. If planted in an hugelkulture bed that has settled there is zero issue with growth, it should just spread like fire. If grown on a bed that hasn't settled you can use small mounds and the next year you can ad soil/compost around the mounds and the new plants will simply grow on the new medium.
Edited to ad. Strawberries also have very shallow root systems so the settling would never bother the roots unless it was extreme and then it's just because people were lazy and/ or too impatient when building the garden bed.
Strawberries only live on average 5 years. The first year they are getting settled in and producing fruits as well as a few runners. The second year they produce well and send out even more runners. The next few years the strawberry plants produce much less and send out more runners before finally dieing. If planted in an hugelkulture bed that has settled there is zero issue with growth, it should just spread like fire. If grown on a bed that hasn't settled you can use small mounds and the next year you can ad soil/compost around the mounds and the new plants will simply grow on the new medium.
Edited to ad. Strawberries also have very shallow root systems so the settling would never bother the roots unless it was extreme and then it's just because people were lazy and/ or too impatient when building the garden bed.
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