PRODUCTION OF BASIL SEEDLINGS WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF SUBSTRATES AND RECIPIENTS

The utilization of coconut dust as a substrate for seedling production has been increased recently, principally in the northeast region of Brazil, where such material can be easily obtained. However, there are few works using this substrate in species like basil. Thus, aiming to evaluate seedling performance of basil cv. Genovese in substrates containing coconut dust, we carried out two essays. The results have shown that the production of seedlings of basil using lime and NPK in polystyrene trays of 128 cells should be used with coconut powder plus 1 g L-1 of dolomitic limestone with 9 g L-1 of fertilizer 06 -24-12 + Micro. The substrate to grow seedlings in plastic pots of basil is coconut powder or cattle manure in the ratio of 2:1.