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
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:
(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.