Treatments | Days to first harvest | Fruit length (cm) | Fruit breadth (cm) | Number of fruits/plant | Average fruit weight (g) | Yield/plant (kg) | Yield (t/ha) |
Silver over black mulch (T1) | 72 b | 8.7 a | 4.8 a | 8.7 a | 120 a | 1.03 a | 34.33 a |
Black mulch (T2) | 75 ab | 8.4 a | 4.4 a | 7.7 a | 100 b | 0.76 ab | 25.24 ab |
No mulch (T3) | 79 a | 7.7 b | 4.0 b | 6.0 a | 75 c | 0.44 b | 14.77 b |
Level of sig. | * | * | * | - | ** | * | * |
CV (%) | 2.95 | 2.67 | 4.62 | 28.60 | 5.13 | 24.33 | 24.71 |