Proceedings of the 52nd annual meeting of the Caribbean Food Crops Society, july 10 - july 16, 2016

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Paper presented at the 52nd CFCS Annual Meeting, Guadeloupe, July 10-16, 2016

Figure 1. Cauliflower grown in pseudostem mulch

Figure 2: Cauliflower grown in saw dust mulch

Figure 3: Cauliflower grown in clear plastic mulch

Results and Discussion

Figure 4. Average leaf area of cauliflower grown in different mulches Figure 4, showed the most beneficial mulches in terms of leaf area of the cauliflower were the synthetic Black Plastic, and the organic Coffee Hull and wood chips. The largest leaf area varied from the smallest leaf area by 3952.95 cm2. The synthetic mulches did not seem to follow any pattern in terms of leaf area.

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