Seeds treatments before sowing (dressing) with e.g. the microorganisms can stimulate their germination, the health of the seedlings and to improve the development of young plants. The search for alternative means and methods to seeds dressing was the purpose of the research. A seed dressing in dry and wet way was evaluated for finding the most effective. The experiments were conducted in greenhouse and field conditions with barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) seeds. Commercial products based on Pythium oligandrum, Trichoderma asperellum and Saccharomyces cerevisiae in doses of 10 g/1 kg of seeds were used. Also the product containing a complex of microorganisms (EM Farm) in dose 1 ml/100 ml of water was included. The number of seedlings, health and development of plants according to microbial dressing were evaluated. In glasshouses conditions non positive effect on number of emergence was noted in EM combination It was found that especially S. cerevisiae the most improved development of seedlings in the pots with the soil. Effect of seeds dressing was the most visible in the tests with the soil compared to the tests with perlit. In field conditions we observed a positive effect on the parameters of the development of young plants after the application S. cerevisiae and T. asperelleum comparing to untreated plants and P. oligandrum.