Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 35 - Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
Chapter 30 - Consumer Protection
Subchapter 37 - Nursery Stock Sales
Section 35:30-37-1 - Storage and display of nursery stock
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a) Balled and burlapped nursery stock shall be maintained by surrounding and covering the earth ball with sawdust, peat, shingletow, or other wettable material non-toxic to plants. The moisture holding material shall be kept moist at all times.
(b) Container grown nursery stock shall be watered sufficiently to maintain the viability and vigor of the stock and shall be held under temperatures that shall permit normal growth.
(c) Bare-root nursery stock shall be kept under conditions of temperatures and moisture to retard growth and maintain viability.
(d) Prepackaged nursery stock with roots packaged in moisture retaining plastic, peat, shingletow, or other moisture-retaining material non-toxic to plants shall be stored and displayed under conditions that shall retard etiolated (non-green) or abnormal growth and shall ensure an adequate supply of moisture to the roots at all times.
Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2834, eff 7-13-00