Produção de mudas e crescimento inicial em campo de Enterolobium contortisiliquum produzidas em diferentes recipientes

Abstract

This research aims to verify the quality of Enterolobium contortisiliquum seedlings produced in plastic bags of 1.248 cm 3, tubes of 280 cm 3, and tubes of 180 cm 3, as well as evaluate their survival and growth after planting. In nursery stage, all containers resulted in quality seedlings, especially those produced in plastic bags. In field phase, plants from plastic bag and tubes 280 cm 3 had 100% survival, while to the ones from tube of 180 cm 3 survival was only 58%. Despite seedlings produced in plastic bags present greatest measures in planting season, such difference tends to disappear in time, because the seedlings grown in tubes had higher relative growth. We recommend plastic bags of 1.248 cm 3 and tubes of 280 cm 3.