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 40-4-3 - PRODUCTION OF CERTIFIED VEGETABLE PLANTS
Rule 40-4-3-.08 - Clipping

Universal Citation: GA Rules and Regs r 40-4-3-.08

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through March 20, 2024

Clipping will be allowed only on tomato and pepper plants. Such plants will be approved as certified only if they meet the following conditions as determined by the inspector in charge:

(a) First clipping shall be done when the majority of the plants in the field have reached a height of seven inches. Additional clippings will be permitted as necessary or desirable, provided that no more than one inch of material is removed at any clipping.

(b) Clipped plants shall be treated with a fungicide registered with the Department and approved by the Department for vegetable plant production immediately after clipping.

(c) Clipped plants shall not be pulled within three days of clipping, or until clipping scars have callused.

O.C.G.A. Secs. 2-7-1et seq., 2-7-23.

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