Changes in Vegetative and Reproductive Growth and Quality Parameters of Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) cv. Chandler Grown at Different Substrates

Growth substrates (polyester wool, rice husk, and wheat straw), along with soil as control treatment, were compared for vegetative growth, yield, quality of strawberry cv. Chandler. All growth tested showed good results in terms rate control. Strawberry plants grown polyester wool the highest (89.50%) survival to husk (70.50%), straw (64.63%), (67.56%). Moreover, a significant increase was observed among number flowers, fruits, yield wool. Besides, high amount total soluble solids (TSS) (12.38 ºBrix), titratable acidity (TA) (1.21%), ash (0.72%), vitamin C (37.39 mg/100 g), carotenoids (3.90 µg/100 anthocyanins (3.47 cyanidine-3-glucoside/100 g) recorded fruits From these results, it can be concluded that use substrate strawberries give higher better fruit quality.