An investigation was carried out to evaluate the effect of two fertilizer levels viz., 180: 120: 60 and 240: 160: 80 kg N: P2O5: K2O/ha and six chemicals spray viz., GA3 200 ppm, MH 500 ppm, Mepiquat chloride 500 ppm, TIBA 100 ppm, Boron 0.1% and water spray and control at 30 days after transplanting and ray floret initiation stage. It was concluded that application of 240: 160: 80 kg N: P2O5: K2O//ha recorded numerically higher seed germination and seedling vigour as compared to 180: 120: 60 kg N: P2O5: K2O/ha. Among the chemicals, GA3 200 ppm followed by Boron 0.1%, MH 500 ppm and TIBA 100 ppm increased the seed germinability and seedling vigour. Among the interactions, maximum seed germination and seedling vigour were recorded in 240: 160: 80 kg N: P2O5: K2O/ha either with GA3 200 ppm (94.1%) or Boron 0.1% (92.3%) or MH 500 ppm (90.3%) or mepiquat chloride 500 ppm (89.1%) spray once at 30 days after transplanting and another at ray floret initiation stage.