New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Agr - Commissioner, Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food
Chapter Agr 1100 - FERTILIZERS
Part Agr 1102 - SECONDARY AND MICRO PLANT NUTRIENTS
Section Agr 1102.01 - Secondary and Micro Plant Nutrients
Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
(a) Secondary and micro plant nutrients when mentioned in any form or manner on a fertilizer product shall be registered and shall be guaranteed as specified in RSA 431:4.
(b) Guarantees shall be stated in terms of the elements.
(c) If chelated, water soluble, or other forms are claimed or advertised, the form and percentage shall be guaranteed separately.
(d) Sources of the guaranteed elements and proof of nutrient availability, including but not limited to test results, shall be provided to the commissioner upon request.
(e) Except guarantees for those water soluble nutrients labeled for ready to use foliar fertilizers, ready to use specialty liquid fertilizers, hydroponic or continuous liquid feed programs and guarantees for potting, garden, and lawn soils, and guarantees for horticultural growing media, which are exempted by RSA 431:3, VII, the minimum percentages which will be accepted for registration shall be as shown below in Table 1102-1 Minimum Percentages:
Table 1102-1 Minimum Percentages
Element |
Minimum Concentration, % |
Calcium(Ca) |
1.0000 |
Magnesium(Mg) |
0.5000 |
Sulfur(S) |
1.0000 |
Boron(B) |
0.0200 |
Chlorine(Cl) |
0.1000 |
Cobalt(Co) |
0.0005 |
Copper(Cu) |
0.0500 |
Iron(Fe) |
0.1000 |
Manganese(Mn) |
0.0500 |
Molybdenum(Mo) |
0.0005 |
Nickel(Ni) |
0.0010 |
Sodium(Na) |
0.1000 |
Zinc(Zn) |
0.0500 |
(f) Only guarantees or claims for the plant nutrients in Table 1102-1 shall be accepted.
(g) Proposed labels and directions for the use of the fertilizer shall be furnished with the application for registration.
(h) Any of the elements listed in Table 1102-1 which are guaranteed shall appear in the order listed immediately following guarantees for the primary nutrients of nitrogen, phosphate, and potash.
#1769, eff 6-30-81; ss by #2408, eff 6-30-83; ss by #2889, eff 10-22-84; amd by #4275, eff 6-29-87; ss by #5436, eff 7-22-92, EXPIRED: 7-22-98
New. #7218, eff 3-29-00, EXPIRED: 3-29-08
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