New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 16 - CERTIFICATION
Subchapter 7 - TURFGRASS SOD
Section 2:16-7.16 - Seed standards for sod quality grass seed
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 2:16-7.16
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The seed standards for sod quality grass seed are as follows:
| Variety | Minimum | Minimum | Maximum n1 | Maximum n3 |
| Purity | Germination | Other Crop | Weed | |
| Kentucky Bluegrass | 97% | 80% | 0.1% n2 | 0.02% |
| Red Fescue | 98% | 90% | 0.1% | 0.02% |
| Chewings Fescue | 98% | 90% | 0.1% | 0.02% |
| Hard Fescue | 98% | 90% | 0.1% | 0.02% |
| Tall Fescue | 98% | 90% | 0.1% | 0.02% |
| Perennial Ryegrass | 98% | 90% | 0.1% | 0.02% |
| n1 Must be free of ryegrass (except for lots containing ryegrass as a | ||||
| component), orchardgrass, timothy, bentgrass, big bluegrass, Poa trivalis, | ||||
| smooth bromegrass, reed canary grass, tall fescue (except for lots containing | ||||
| tall fescue as a component) and clover. Canada Bluegrass in Kentucky | ||||
| Bluegrass varieties, maximum 0.02 percent. Red Fescue and Chewings Fescue | ||||
| must be free of Canada Bluegrass. | ||||
| n2 Other Kentucky Bluegrass--Maximum 2 percent. | ||||
| n3 Must be free of dock, chickweed, crabgrass, plantain, black medic, annual | ||||
| bluegrass, velvetgrass and noxious weed seeds. | ||||
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