Seedling growth parameters of two vegetable species
grown in growing media showed better, comparative
or worse compared to CK (Table IV). Best growth
parameters were given by tomato seedlings grown in
T3 and T6 with higher height, leaf area, fresh weight
and dry weight in comparison with CK. The increase
in seedling biomass production with the use of SMS
as substrate had also been reported by other authors
(Ribas et al., 2009). This situation could be attributed