Our objective was to assess the effect of compost and other fertilizer types on the growth and yield of maize on a coastal plain soil. The experimental soil was an Ultisol inherently low in organic matter, clay and essential nutrients. We evaluated five treatments arranged into a randomized complete block design with three replications: no-fertilizer (control), NPK 15-15-15 (400 kg ha-1), organo-mineral fertilizer (3 t ha-1), compost (20 t ha-1) and liquid fertilizer (Ag-zime) at 5 litres ha-1. The results showed significant (p<0.05) differences among treatments with NPK 15-15-15 producing the tallest plants (181.96 cm) with the biggest stem girth (6.69 cm). Organo-mineral fertilizer had plants with the largest leaf area (784.07 cm2) and cob circumference (13.96 cm). Maize grain yields on plots with no-fertilizer (1.01 t ha-1) and liquid fertilizer (1.02 t ha-1) were significantly (p<0.05) lower than those in plots fertilized with NPK