Farias-Larios and Orozco-Santos (1997) stated that average fruit weight of water melon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum & Nakai) increased using black and clear polyethylene mulches. Kashi et al. (2004) reported that average fruit weight in watermelon, cv. Charleston Gray, increased using black polyethylene mulch. Ekinci and Dursun (2009) reported that average fruit weight of melon (Cucumis melo L.) increased for using black and clear polyethylene mulches.