Effect of Organic and Inorganic Mulch on Growth, Yield and Quality of Strawberry CV. Winter Dawn

The present investigation is to find out the effect of organic and inorganic mulch on growth, yield and quality of strawberry cv. winter dawn was carried out at Horticulture Demonstration Farm, Department of Horticulture, SGT University, Gurugram (Haryana), India during the year 2022-23. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with seven treatments replicated thrice. Treatment T6 i.e. mulching with dry banana leaf was found to be best in terms of plant height (20.46 cm), number of leaves (22.66), number of crown (5.02), number of runners (16.30), length of runners (17.90 cm), number of flowers (49.40), yield/plant (170.30 g), yield per hectare (45.68 ton), plant fresh weight (135.67 g), plant dry weight (49.56 g), berry size (44.58 mm), berry volume (36.95 cc) and berry weight (23.15 g), TSS (11.67 0Brix) and Titrable acidity (0.24%), Leaf nutrient status N (22.86%), P (3.10%) and K (85.00%).