The effect of fanning, shaking and brushing was evaluated in Angela Gigante I 5.100 Asgrow's tomato seedlings (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.). The experiment was carried out in a high plastic tunnel using a fully randomized design with twelve replications. The parameters evaluated were seedling height, diameter and leaf number; root, shoot and total, dry matter weights and shoot matter dry weight/ root matter dry weight, and height/diameter ratios. The results obtained show that brushing produced shorter seedlings at 27 days of age, with larger diameter in relation to the other treatments and control.
eletrical fanning; shaking; brushing; tomato