Table 6.

Mean total season crop weight and fruit number harvested over the entire season from ‘Elsanta’ and ‘Flamenco’ strawberries grown on a range of mulches with different reflective properties

	Elsanta		Flamenco
Mulch type	Fruit weight (g)	Fruit number	Fruit weight (g)	Fruit number
Hessian	1615*	207	4095	485
Black polythene	1465	192	4050	505
Extenday™	1698	202	4403	528
Ultra-reflective	2012	243	4759	575
F probability	0·025	0·199	0·05	0·033
s.e.d.	154	23·1	248·2	27·2
d.f.	12	12	12	12

^*Total average weight was from a bag containing ten plants.