Gliricidia sepium has been used as shade tree in cocoa plantations, living fences, wood, fuel wood and livestock forage. It can be grown from seeds and from cuttings or stakes. This experiment was carried out to evaluate five grown methods from Gliricidia cuttings in other to identify the one showing highest stake sprouting indexes, forage production and least implantation costs. The experiment was in a randomized block design with five treatments and five replications. The treatments were the followings: 1) stakes with 1m in length placed vertically in pits; 2) stakes with .5 m in length placed vertically in pits; 3) stakes with .25 m in length placed vertically in pits; 4) stakes with 1 m in length placed horizontally in furrows; 5) stakes with .5 m in length placed horizontally in furrows. Stakes with 1m in length placed vertically in pits (method 1) or placed horizontally in furrows (method 4), after 14 days from harvesting, are the most recommended methods since they showed the least costs in expending time to prepare the cutting stakes and for planting operations, providing better profits per hectare, when the incomes from dry matter productions are taken into consideration.
arboreous legume; cost of implantation; dry matter production; planting by stakes
