Chlorophyll index, fresh weight, height (A), Stem diameter (B); Emergence percent (C); and Dry weight (D) in maize seedlings (six fully emerged leaves) fertilized and dosed with castor seed cake, physic nut cake and vermicompost, using a control with urea and another without fertilizer (unfertilized plants), Lodana, Manabí, Ecuador. Quantities of different treatments were as follows – Urea (0.10 g seedling−1); Caster cake (0.5 g seedling−1); Caster cake (0.9 g seedling−1); Pine nut cake (0.6 g seedling−1); Pine nut cake (1.3 g seedling−1); Vermicompost (0.5 g seedling−1); Vermicompost (0.9 g seedling−1).