Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF
Title 25 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY
Chapter 13 - PLANT PROTECTION AND PLANT PEST ACT REGULATIONS
Section 25-13-006 - Storage or Display of Nursery Stock
Universal Citation: 25 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 13 ยง 006
Current through September 17, 2024
006.01 Nursery stock shall not be displayed or stored in contact with concrete, asphalt, or other similar hard-surfaced areas unless moisture-retaining or heat-reducing material has been provided Roots shall be protected from excessive heat, drying, and other adverse conditions The authority to set regulations for the storage or display of nursery stock by nursery stock distributors is found in Neb. Rev. Stat. §§2 1091.01, 2-1095 and 2-10,103 of the Act.
006.01A Balled and burlapped nursery
stock shall be kept moist at all times and in a moisture retaining material at
a depth sufficient to cover approximately 75% of the ball.
006.01B Bare root nursery stock shall be kept
under conditions of temperature, light, and moisture to retard etiolated or
other abnormal growth and maintain viability Moisture shall be supplied to the
root system by high humidity conditions in storage or by covering the roots
with moisture retaining material The roots of healed-in-stock shall be covered
by moisture retaining material.
006.01C Bench balled nursery stock shall be
kept moist at all times and in a moisture retaining material at a depth
sufficient to cover approximately 75% of the ball.
006.01D Container grown, potted, and balled
and potted nursery stock shall be kept and displayed under conditions of
temperature, light, and moisture sufficient to maintain the viability and vigor
of the nursery stock Potting medium shall be maintained at a depth sufficient
to cover all roots of the plants.
006.01E Packaged nursery stock shall be
stored and displayed under conditions of temperature and light that will retard
etiolated growth or other abnormal growth and ensure adequate
moisture.
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