Commercial substrates and their fertilization are essential for the morphophysiological, nutritional, and sanitary quality of seedlings. In this perspective, this study aimed to evaluate the quality of clonal seedlings of the black pepper cultivar Bragantina under doses of controlled-release fertilizers (CLF) in a commercial substrate. The treatments were constituted by five doses of the CLF Osmocote® 19-06-10 Mini Prill (3-4 months) (0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 kg m-3), with four replications of 16 cuttings. The CLF Osmocote®, especially in doses close to 4.16 kg m-3, showed to be promising for the production of clonal seedlings of the black pepper cultivar Bragantina.