Abstract

The experiment was conducted at the College of Agriculture, University of Kirkuk, Iraq during the agricultural season of 2018, with the aim of effecting organic nutrients in some growth and germination characteristics of tomato seedlings and organic manure was used in the experiment. The results showed a significant effect in soaking tomato seeds in three solutions (distilled water, seaweed extract and vines organic nitrogen) under two periods (6 and 12 h) compared with control without soaking. The highest yield was obtained under soaking of seeds with organic vines solution for 6 h. Significantly higher germination rate (88.03%), homogeneity of germination (13.7 days), seedling height (19.80 cm), leaf numbers (9.52 leaves), stem diameter (4.14 mm), vegetative wet weight (3.52 g) as well as dry weight (1.53 g) of seedlings were recorded with organic vine solutions compared to non-soaked treatment.