WAC 16-302-660   Field pea standards for seed certification.  (1) The land, isolation, and field standards for field pea seed certification are:


CLASS LAND

MINIMUM

YEARS		 ISOLATION

MINIMUM

FEET		 OFF-TYPE

MAXIMUM

PLANTS/ACRE		 FIELD OTHER

CROP

MAXIMUM

PLANTS/ACRE
Foundation 5* 100** None found None found***
Registered 3* 100** 10 None found***
Certified 2* 25** 20 None found***

* Spring peas also require 10 years land history with no production of Austrian pea for all classes.
** Reduce to three feet from fields producing a certified class of the same variety. In addition, each field pea field for certification must be isolated by three feet from small grain fields. To prevent mechanical field mixing of swathed field pea seed crop, the planting of small grain between field pea fields, except for the three feet of isolation, is recommended.
*** For spring peas, no Austrian pea or rye is permitted. For Austrian peas, no rye is permitted.

     (2) Seed certification standards for field pea are:


CLASS OFF-TYPE

MAXIMUM %		 PURE SEED

MINIMUM %		 INERT

MAXIMUM %		 OTHER CROP

MAXIMUM %		 WEED

MAXIMUM %		 GERMINATION

MINIMUM %
Foundation None found 99.00 1.00 None found None found 85
Registered None found 99.00 1.00 None found 0.25** 85
Certified 0.03 99.00 1.00 0.10* 0.25** 85

* For spring peas, no Austrian pea or rye is permitted. For Austrian peas, no rye is permitted.
** Other tolerance for weed seed:

  OBJECTIONABLE WEED SEED

MAXIMUM
Registered 1/lb
Certified 2/1b




[Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. 00-24-077, § 16-302-660, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.]