New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 16 - CERTIFICATION
Subchapter 7 - TURFGRASS SOD
Section 2:16-7.12 - Field standards; general requirements
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) A field or blocks within a field shall be considered the unit for certification. If for any reason sections of a field do not meet certification requirements, the portion or portions of the field meeting certification requirements may be certified.
(b) A field or block of sod to be eligible for certification shall be isolated from adjacent fields with a 10-foot barrier. The barrier shall be fallowed or seeded to the same variety of the turfgrass species considered for certification in order to prevent contamination of grasses at the margins.
(c) No animal manures or other contaminating material shall be applied two years preceding or during the establishment and production of the stand.