WAC 16-302-755   Standards for quality timothy seed.  (1) Seed standards for quality timothy grass seed are as follows:

	Minimum Purity	Minimum Viability by Germination or TZ Test	Maximum Other Crop*	Maximum Weed**
Timothy seed	97%	85%	0.2%	.02%
Purity component percentages are based on 1 gram sample size as prescribed by the AOSA rules.

*	Must be free of ryegrass, orchardgrass, Agrostis sp., Poa sp., brome, reed canarygrass, tall fescue, and meadow foxtail.
	Must be free of the above listed contaminants based upon a 50 gram examination.

**	Must be free of alfilaria (redstem filaree), bromus sp., Chickweed including all other species in the Caryophyllaceae family, Henbit, Poa sp., wild carrot, and prohibited noxious weeds listed in WAC 16-301-045 and restricted noxious weeds listed in WAC 16-301-050.
	Must be free of the above listed contaminants based upon a 50 gram examination.

     (2) A quality timothy seed analysis certificate is the basis of determining if a lot meets the quality timothy seed standards. This certificate is issued by the certifying agency and represents a purity test, a 50 gram noxious, all weed, all crop exam, and a viability test.

     (3) Seed meeting quality timothy seed standards will be tagged with a "quality timothy seed" tag.



[Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.49 and 34.05 RCW. 10-20-149, § 16-302-755, filed 10/6/10, effective 11/6/10; 08-23-055, § 16-302-755, filed 11/14/08, effective 12/15/08.]