The initial growth and nodules development in Gliricidia sepium were assessed in three different soil samples obtained from fertile, cultivated and degraded lands. The species germinated in all the three soil samples Germination was most rapid in the fallow soil. Also the records of the seedling heights kept for three months indicated that increase in heights was most rapid in the fallow soil. However, there was no significant difference in the heights of the seedlings from the three soil samples at 5% level. Nodulation occurs in seedlings growing in the three soil samples.