New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 16 - CERTIFICATION
Subchapter 7 - TURFGRASS SOD
Section 2:16-7.13 - Specific field standards and requirements
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 2:16-7.13
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The production of certified sod shall be limited to fields having stands not more than three years old from date of planting.
(b) Maximum field tolerance standards for other varieties or off-type plants of the same species, other turfgrass species, and other crops and weeds when recognizable are as indicated in the following table.
Factor | Kentuck | Hard | Kentucky | Bent- | Zoysia | Kentucky | |
y Blue- | and | Blue- | grass | Blue- | |||
grass | Red | grass Red | grass Tall | ||||
Fescues | Fescue | Fescue | |||||
Mixture | Mixture | ||||||
Other turfgrasses n1 --(Percent of total turfgrass population) | |||||||
1. | Kentucky bluegrass | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
2. | Red fescue | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
3. | Poa trivalis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4. | Bentgrass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
5. | Tall fescue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6. | Ryegrass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7. | Zoysia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8. | Bermudagrass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other crops | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Weeds--(Plants per | |||||||
1,000 square feet of | |||||||
sod area) | |||||||
Unacceptable n2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Objectionable n3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
n1 Other turfgrasses shall include: | |
(1) Varieties or off-type plants of the same species being | |
inspected for certification. | |
(2) Species of turfgrasses other than the one being inspected | |
for certification. | |
n2 Unacceptable weeds shall include primary and secondary noxious weeds in | |
accordance with the provisions of the New Jersey State Seed Law and other | |
weeds difficult to control selectively through cultural or chemical methods. | |
Noxious weeds specified by the New Jersey State Seed Law include: | |
bindweed (Convolvulus arvesis), hedge bindweed (Convolvulus | |
spium), quackgrass (Agropyron repens), Canada thistle (Cirsium | |
arvense) and horse nettle (Solanum carolinense) as primary, and | |
dodder (Cuscuta spp.), corn cockle (Agrostemma githago), wild | |
garlic (Allium canadense), cheat (Bromus secalinus), and | |
Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) as secondary. | |
Other unacceptable weeds shall include: | |
nutgrass (Cyperus esculentus), goosegrass (Eleusine indica), | |
annual bluegrass (Poa annua), and any other variety or species | |
of perennial grass. | |
n3 Objectionable weeds shall include: | |
Crabgrass (Digitaria spp.), dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), | |
plantain (Plantago spp.), sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella), wood | |
sorrel (Oxalis europeaea), ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea), | |
yarrow (Achillea millefolium), annual chickweed (Stellaria | |
media), mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium vulgatum), field | |
chickweed (Cerastium arvense), speedwell (Veronica spp.), spurge | |
(Euphorbia spp.), knotweed (Polygonum oleracea), heal-all | |
(Prunella vulgaris), knawel (Scleranthus annuus), black medic | |
(Medicago iupulina), white clover (Trifolium repens L.) and any | |
other broadleaf or grassy weed which may detract from sod | |
quality. |
(c) If at any time the field shows evidence of excessive weed growth, it may be rejected by the inspector.
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