Fennel ( Foeniculum vulgare Mill), belonging to Umbelliferae (Apiaceae) family, is a perennial plant. It is considered as a spice due to terpenic compounds isolated from its fruits. Successful transplant production begins with good growing media. Healthy vigorous transplants will be less susceptible to insects, diseases and transplant shock leading to better crop performance. The growing mixtures were using 1:1:1 (v/v) sand, soil and organic soil amendment. The treatments were (1) sand+soil+cocopeat, (2) sand+soil+sphagnum peat moss, (3) sand+soil+peat and (4) sand+soil+animal manure in a randomized complete block design with four replications. The highest values of shoot height (14.0 cm), shoot fresh weight (177.3 mg/plant), shoot dry weight (34.2 mg/plant), root fresh weight (21.8 mg/plant) and root dry weight (4.3 mg/plant) were at cocopeat amended medium which were not significantly different when compared to sphagnum peat moss treatment.
