Pot culture experiments were conducted at Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai during 2013-14 for the consecutive three months of October, November and January 2014 to evaluate the performance of pigeonpea seedlings grown with different rooting media under open and shade net conditions suitable for transplanting under delayed condition. The experiments were carried out in a randomized block design having six treatments with four replications. Among the treatments viz., soil, sand and composted coir pith at a ratio of 1:1:1 had recorded the higher value for root length, shoot length, root shoot ratio, root volume, nodule numbers and dry matter production at 25 days after sowing in the nursery than other media for the seedlings grown in poly bags both under open and shade net condition.