Effects of Vermicompost on Quality and Physiological Parameters of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Seedlings and Plant Productivity

Cucumbers productivity and fruit quality depend on seedlings’ quality. The success of seedling cultivation largely depends the choice a suitable substrate. Therefore aim this research is to determine effect peat-vermicompost substrates cucumber crop yield. was carried out in greenhouse covered with double polymeric film Institute Horticulture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture Forestry. Cucumber seedlings were grown different substrates: peat, peat + 10% vermicompost, 20% 30% vermicompost. growth vermicompost induced. They 1.9–18.6% taller, leaf area 1.2–1.4 time larger. Furthermore, fresh leaves mass these 22.7–33.1%, root 1.1–1.5 bigger. addition substrate has positive physiological parameters seedlings. total yield cucumbers 7.4–11.1% higher than that plants whose grew