WAC 16-302-240   Seed standards for alfalfa seed certification.  (1) Seed standards for the production of alfalfa seed are as follows:




Purity


Foundation


Registered
Blue Tag Certified
Pure seed (minimum) 99.00% 99.00% 99.00%
Other crops (maximum) .10% .10% .25%
Sweet clover (maximum) none found none found 90 per lb.
Inert matter (maximum) 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
Weed seed (maximum) .10% .20% .25%
Objectionable weed seeds (maximum) none found none found 18 per lb.
Germination (Min. total of germination and hard seed) 80.00% 85.00% 85.00%
or Tetrazolium (Min. total of Tetrazolium and hard seed) 82.00% 87.00% 87.00%

     (2) Alfalfa seed must be free of prohibited noxious weed seeds and foundation class must be free of Brassica spp.

     (3) One pound of seed will be examined for the presence of dodder.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. 00-24-077, § 16-302-240, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.]