Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 40 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Chapter 40-4 - ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT INDUSTRY
Subject 40-4-21 - HORTICULTURAL GROWING MEDIA
Rule 40-4-21-.01 - Definitions
Current through Rules and Regulations filed through September 23, 2024
The following words or terms shall have the meaning set forth herein when used in these rules and regulations:
(a) Aged: exposed under uncontrolled conditions to weathering and/or natural decay.
(b) Bark: the outer, more or less corky layer of stems of most woody plants. Bark may include no more than 15 percent by volume wood.
(c) Bulk: not in a package or in packages of one cubic yard or more.
(d) Compost: organic materials which have been biologically decomposed by mixing and piling in such a way as to promote decay, and to minimize pathogens, viable weed seeds and odors. Such materials must have passed beyond a thermophilic (heat-generating) stage, and must be in a stage of decomposition (aerobic) of a sufficient degree to be not harmful to plant growth when combined with generally accepted horticultural industry growing practices.
(e) Commissioner: the Commissioner of Agriculture, any employee of the Department of Agriculture, or any other person authorized by the Commissioner to act on behalf of the Commissioner.
(f) Custom Medium: a horticultural growing medium which is prepared to exact specifications of the person who will be planting in the medium and delivered directly to that person without intermediate or further distribution.
(g) Department: the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
(h) Distribute: to offer for sale, sell, barter, exchange, or otherwise supply or make available.
(i) Horticultural growing medium: any substance or mixture of substances which is promoted as or is intended to function as an artificial soil for the managed growth of horticultural crops.
(j) Label: the display of all written, printed, or graphic matter on or attached to the immediate container accompanying the lot of horticultural growing medium.
(k) Labelling: in addition to the label, any written, printed, or graphic matter accompanying any horticultural growing medium or any advertisements, brochures, posters, television, or radio announcements, or any other oral or written material used in promoting a horticultural growing medium.
(l) Person: individuals, partnerships, corporations, or other organized bodies or entities, or any combination thereof.
(m) Processed: deliberately treated or manipulated to modify or transform physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of the natural state of the substance.
(n) Raw: in the natural state, and not prepared, modified or manipulated for use.
(o) Registrant: the person whose name appears on the label of a horticultural growing medium and who is responsible for labeling such medium.
(p) Registration Document: the information required by the Commissioner for registering a horticultural growing medium for distribution into or within Georgia, not including a Suitability Document. The Registration Document may be made available by the registrant to the purchaser upon request.
(q) Suitability Document: the information described by the Commissioner, of an experimental and explanatory nature describing how the registrant determined suitability of the product for its intended use(s).
(r) Suitable: to function as promoted or intended when combined with generally accepted horticultural industry growing practices. Generally, in referring to a medium, this means holds water and air, provides mechanical support, and sustains plant growth when combined with generally accepted horticultural industry growing practices.
(s) Soil: the upper weathered mineral surface of the earth. Soil may contain an organic portion consisting of both living and dead organisms.
(t) Wood: a hard, fibrous material located beneath the bark, which constitutes the greatest part of stems of trees and shrubs.
Authority O.C.G.A. Sec. 2-12-100et seq.
