The objective of the present work was to study the effects of different substrata for germination and growth of Vigna sinensis seedlings. Treatments used were the following: castor burk + soil; castor burk + silice; xaxim + soil; xaxim + silice; sphagnum + soil; sphagnum + silice; soil; and silice, all at 1:1 proportion, in pot and bed conditions (hole). Treatments avaliation were made by determinations of the height and dry matter of the seedlings. The results showed that: (a) in the pot conditions, the best treatments were xaxim + soil; xaxim + silice and sphagnum + soil; (b) the treatments were castor burk was used the germination of Vigna seeds was impaired, and (c) the bed treatments were influenced by adjacent soil.