Washington Administrative Code
Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142)
SEEDS AND PLANTING STOCK CERTIFICATION
Chapter 16-328 - Certification of strawberry planting stock
Section 16-328-025 - Production requirements for foundation strawberry planting stock

Universal Citation: WA Admin Code 16-328-025

Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024

(1) Foundation strawberry plants must originate directly from nuclear stock and must be grown in an insect-proof facility on pasteurized soil or a soil-less growing medium free of plant pests and vectors of plant pests.

(2) Growers may use micro-propagation techniques to multiply foundation plants prior to planting them in a foundation facility, if both of the following conditions are met:

(a) The micro-propagated plants are isolated from all nonfoundation strawberry plants at all times; and

(b) The micro-propagation facility is approved by the department.

(3) Growers may maintain and increase foundation stock indefinitely, if no individual plant remains in the foundation planting for more than two growing periods.

Statutory Authority: Chapter 15.14 RCW. 00-19-034, § 16-328-025, filed 9/12/00, effective 10/13/00; 87-13-016 (Order 1932), § 16-328-025, filed 6/9/87; Order 1216, § 16-328-025, filed 10/18/71, effective 11/18/71; Order 925, Regulation 2, filed 6/25/63; Order 625, Regulation 3 (part), effective 4/29/52.

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