Strawberry yield and marketable quality as affected by various inter-cropping practices

A two-year (2022-2024) field experiment evaluated the impact of three inter-crops on the agronomic performance of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) cv. ‘Lycia’ in an organic farming system. The inter-croping practices tested were: (i.) flower islands (a mixture of various flowering plants grown as small patches within the strawberry crop); (ii.) flower strip (the same mixture grown on one side along the edge of the crop); and (iii.) living mulch of white clover grown in the strawberry inter-rows. During the experiment, strawberry yields in successive harvest seasons, average fruit weight, hundred fruit weight, the proportion of damaged fruit by cause, as well as fruit colouration and the share of fruit in particular classes of marketable quality were assessed.The attached data are arranged in long format, with column headings explaining their content. Individual parameters are presented in separate files. File titles indicate names of each parameter assessed.