“…In relation to the containers, the larger volume made possible to obtain plants with a greater number of leaves, leaf area, plant height and accumulation of fresh mass of the shoot (Figure 2). Other research has also shown a tendency for greater growth in plants grown in larger containers, for example, greater number of leaves in Solanum sessiliflorum and Solanum paniculatum (Guimarães et al, 2012); greater leaf area in melon (Maynard: Vavrina; Scott, 1996), watermelon Latimer, 1995), okra (Modolo, 1998) and lettuce (Silva et al, 2000); greater plant height of beet (Echer, et al, 2007), eggplant (Costa et al, 2011), tomato (Oliveira et al, 2011), Brassica pekinensis L. (Lemos Neto et al, 2016) and cabbage (Nava;Marreiros, 2021) and higher values of fresh mass of the shoot in lettuce (Marques et al, 2003) and cauliflower (Godoy;Cardoso, 2005). According to the researchers, the greater availability of water and nutrients for the plants submitted in larger containers contributed to a greater development of the plants.…”