Istraživanjem se željelo utvrditi utjecaj četkanja, mehaničkog stresa koji umanjuje izduživanje presadnica u gustom sklopu, na presadnice začinskog bilja: bosiljak, kopar i mažuran. Presadnice su tretirane jedanput dnevno, kroz dva mjeseca, povlačenjem jutene vreće po površini usjeva, 10 do 25 puta naizmjence. Četkanje je smanjilo visinu najveće biljke svih ispitivanih vrsta za čak 23 %. Kod bosiljka i mažurana četkanje je utjecalo na kvalitetu i bujnost presadnica, dok se usjev kopra oštećivao četkanjem. Tretman bosiljka i mažurana smanjio je mase najviših biljka, dužinu lista, a kod mažurana i širinu lista. Četkanje nije utjecalo na duljinu korijena mažurana, a kod bosiljka korijen je bio 11% kraći. Na osnovu rezultata istraživanja tretman četkanja se preporučuje za uzgoj presadnica bosiljka i mažurana.The aim of this experiment was to determine how brushing as a mechanically induced stress influences transplants of some aromatic plants: basil, dill and majoran. Transplants were treated once a day, during two months with hemp sacks brushing over the plants surface for 10 to 25 times in a row. Brushing reduced height in all three species for 23%. With basil and majoran it also enhanced quality and exuberance, while dill was damaged. Brushing basil and majoran also reduced the highest plant weight, leaf length, with majoran also reduced leaf width, and did not influence dill and majoran root length, but shortened the length of basil root for 11%. On the basis of this experiment, the brushing treatment could be recommended for basil and majoran transplants productio
