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Michigan Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 16, 2016) |
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Department AC. Agriculture and Rural Development |
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Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division |
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Chapter Regulation No. 623. Field Seed Certification |
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Part 3. TURFGRASS SEED STANDARDS |
Section 285.623.307. Tall fescues (Festuca arundinacea).
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Rule 307. (1) Land shall not have grown, or have been seeded to, tall fescue during the previous 5 years to be eligible to produce foundation seed. Land shall not have grown, or been seeded to, tall fescue grasses during the previous 2 years to produce certified seed, unless the previous crop was of the same variety and class and was certified.
(2) Tall fescue shall be planted in distinct rows.
(3) Limitations on the age of stand and pedigree classes of seed through which a variety may be multiplied shall be specified by the originator, but shall not exceed the limitations that are established by the certifying agency.
(4) Field standards for tall fescue seed are as follows:
Classes of Seed
Factor
Foundation
Certified
Other varieties (maximum)1
none
1.0%
Isolation2, 3
Less than 5 acres (minimum)
1,320 feet
330 feet
More than 5 acres (minimum)
900 feet
165 feet
1 Includes off-type plants.
2 See R 285.623.302 - Isolation.
3 Fields that are used for the production of foundation tall fescue seed shall be isolated a minimum distance of 330 feet from perennial ryegrass.
(5) Seed standards for tall fescue seed are as follows:
Classes of Seed
Factor Foundation Certified
Pure seed (minimum) 98.0% 98.0%
Other crops (maximum) 0.1% 0.5%
Inert matter (maximum) 2.0% 2.0%
Weed seed (maximum) 0.3% 0.3%
Prohibited noxious weeds (maximum) none none Restricted noxious weeds and St.
Johnswart, docks, sheep sorrel,
bedstraw (maximum) 27 per pound 45 per pound Germination (minimum) 90.0%
History: 1994 AACS.