Strawberries

I haven’t posted here in a long time.
Looking for some input. I am thinking about planting strawberries on a leach bed. Strawberries are fairly shallow rooted so it should be no problem, right ?

Thanks

Karl

That's correct that they are shallow rooted, so you should have no issues. Of course, there are always potential issues. If you have any future leach field problems where water pools up then gross, you're done for the season. I personally would only stick with non-edibles on a leech field. And I would extra avoid a long term planting like strawberries because that's more time for things to go wrong. But hey, if you know you have a newer septic system and leech field that always stays dry.... maybe you wouldn't regret it.

Sounds like heaven for stinging nettles to me!
Zero maintenance, nutritious leaves.

Strawberries seem like a bad idea - low growing, but fruit is usually in contact with the ground, or nearly so.

What about something that grows a lot of biomass to use as a mulch?

Maybe a good place to use a raised bed. Strawberries grow best in raised beds here in western Missouri. We have clay subsoils and quite a but of clay in our topsoil.  They probably wouldn’t normally need raised beds in sandy soils or drier areas.