The researchers studied how different ways of growing strawberry plants affect the development of flowers and fruit. They compared two methods, one using shelves and the other using tunnels. The method with shelves made the flowers appear earlier than the tunnel method. The shelves had lower levels of certain nutrients and hormones compared to the tunnels. The shelves also led to earlier fruit production, but the total amount of fruit was the same for both methods. The study suggests that using shelves can help strawberries grow and ripen faster.