Paper presented at the 52nd CFCS Annual Meeting, Guadeloupe, July 10-16, 2016
Figure 5. Average diameter of cauliflower grown in different mulches Figure 5, showed the most beneficial mulches in terms of diameter of the cauliflower were the synthetic saran netting and the organic saw dust and wood chips. The largest diameter varied by 4.4 cm from the smallest diameter. The synthetic mulches did not seem to follow any pattern in terms of diameter size.
Figure 6: Average fresh weight (g) of cauliflower grown in different mulches Figure 6 displays the average fresh weight (g) of cauliflower grown in the different mulch mediums. The average fresh weight had a difference of 220 grams from the lowest and highest weights. This could probably be attributed to the retardation of the evaporation of water from the soil. Saw and wood chips had the highest fresh weight as well as diameter size and these were also higher than the control.
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