An experiment with Saccharum spp. was carried out to develop a new methodology for plantlet production using pressed industrial residues as substrate. The proportions of sugar cane bagasse, sugar plant filter cake and coconut husk in the substrate composition were analyzed along with the advantages of the Finland pressed block and the conventional systems used for plantlet production. The seedlings quality at the and of the plant propagation stage was evaluated through plantlet diameter and height, shoot and root, total dry weights, and performance at the twelfth month. Selection for planting was based on stem length, diameter, quantity and weight . The three residues tested were suitable to be used in a mixture to prepare pressed blocks. Imported blocks and the ones prepared with both, sugar cane bagasse and the sugar plant filter cake mixed, 70 and 30%, v v-1 respectively, were the most suitable. The average morphological parameters of the plantlets produced by the conventional system were classified among the lowest.
sugar cane; substrate; container; seedling