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Rule 901:5-27-02 | Testing of seed.
The methods of sampling, inspecting, analyzing, testing and examining agricultural, flower, and vegetable seed offered for sale or sold in Ohio under the provisions of sections 907.01 to 907.13 of the Revised Code, and the tolerances permitted for evaluating those samples, inspections, analyses, tests, and examinations shall be those adopted in the "Rules for Testing Seed" published by the association of official seed analysts, October 2019. Last updated September 23, 2021 at 8:33 PM Supplemental Information |
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Rule 901:5-27-03 | Labeling seed as to kind and variety.
Seed kinds labeled with a brand name and not a variety name shall be labeled with the phrase "variety not stated." Varieties of the following kinds of seeds are generally labeled as to variety and shall be labeled as to kind and variety or, in lieu of the variety name, the phrase "variety not stated," or "VNS": (A) Alfalfa; (B) Barley; (C) Smooth bromegrass; (D) Buckwheat; (E) Red clover; (F) Field corn; (G) Popcorn; (H) Sweet corn; (I) Kentucky bluegrass; (J) Crownvetch; (K) Tall fescue; (L) Red fescue; (M) Chewings fescue; (N) Foxtail millet; (O) Orchard grass; (P) Oats; (Q) Rye; (R) Ryegrass; (S) Sorghum; (T) Sorghum-Sudan hybrids; (U) Soybeans; (V) Spelt; (W) Sudangrass; (X) Sunflower; (Y) Timothy; (Z) Tobacco; (AA) Birdsfoot trefoil; (BB) Triticale; (CC) Wheat; and (DD) Tillage radish. Last updated September 23, 2021 at 8:33 PM Supplemental Information |
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Rule 901:5-27-04 | Vegetable and herb seed germination standards.
The minimum germination standards for vegetable and herb seeds offered for sale in the state of Ohio are:
The germination standards for all vegetable and herb seed not identified in this rule shall be fifty per cent. Last updated September 14, 2023 at 10:48 AM Supplemental Information |
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Rule 901:5-27-05 | Disposal of screenings.
No person shall dispose of or burn screenings in a manner that may result in poisoning, discomfort, or nuisance to humans or livestock, or in the dissemination of weed seed. Last updated September 23, 2021 at 8:33 PM Supplemental Information |
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Rule 901:5-27-06 | Prohibited and restricted noxious weed seeds list.
(A) The following species are hereby designated "prohibited noxious-weed seed": (1) Field bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis (L.); (2) Quackgrass, Elytrigia repens (L.) Nevski = Agropyron repens (L.) Beauv.; (3) Canada thistle, Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.; (4) Johnsongrass, Sorghum halpense (L.) Pers.; (5) Heart-podded hoary cress, Lepidium draba sub. draba (L.) Desv.; (6) Hairy whitetop or ballcress, Lepidium appelianum (C. Meyer) Jarmol; (7) Perennial sowthistle, Sonchus arvensis (L.); (8) Russian knapweed, Acroptilon repens (L.) DC. = Centaurea picris Pallas ex Willd; (9) Leafy spurge, Euphorbia esula (L.); (10) Hedge bindweed, Calystegia sepium (L.) R. Br. = Convolvulus sepium (L.); (11) Serrated tussock, Nassella trichotoma (Nees) Hackel ex Arechav.; (12) Columbus grass, Sorghum x almum parodi; (13) Purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria (L.); (14) Musk thistle, Carduus nutans (L.); (15) Giant Hogweed, Heracleum mantegazzianum (Somer & Levier). (16) Kochia, Bassia scoparia; (17) Waterhemp, Amaranthus tuberculatus; (18) Palmer Amarantha, Amaranthus palmeri; (19) Shattercane, Sorghum bicolor; and (20) Apple of Peru, Nicandra physalodes. (B) The following species are hereby designated "restricted noxious weed seed": (1) Dodder, Cuscuta (L.) spp.; (2) Horsenettle, Solanum carolinnese (L.); (3) Corncockle, Agrostemma githago (L.); (4) Wild garlic, Allium vineale (L.); (5) Wild onion, Allium canadense (L.); (6) Curly dock, Rumex crispus (L.); (7) Buckhorn, Plantago lanceolata (L.); (8) Oxeye daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare lam; (9) Wild mustard, Brassica arvensis (L.) rabenh. & Brassica kaber (D.C.) L.C. wheeler; and (10) Poison-hemlock, Conium maculatum (L.). Last updated September 23, 2021 at 8:33 PM Supplemental Information |
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Rule 901:5-27-07 | Seed labeler permit application.
An application shall be deemed complete if the form prescribed by the director contains all of the following: (A) The name and address of the applicant; (B) The telephone number of the applicant; (C) The email address and website address of the applicant; (D) The county in which the applicant is located; (E) The kind of seed that the labeler sells; (F) Each Ohio location where seed to be labeled by the applicant may be sampled; (G) The original signature of the applicant. If the applicant is a business entity, then the application shall contain the original signature of the responsible person submitting the application on behalf of the applicant; (H) If the applicant is a business entity, the information required under paragraphs (A)(1) to (A)(4) of this rule for the responsible person submitting the application on behalf of the applicant. Last updated September 23, 2021 at 8:33 PM Supplemental Information |
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Rule 901:5-27-08 | Flower seed minimum germination standards.
The minimum germination standards for seeds offered for sale in Ohio are:
The germination standard for all other flower seed shall be fifty per cent. * means that the minimum percentage for these species includes both the germination per cent and the hard seed per cent added together. Last updated September 14, 2023 at 10:48 AM Supplemental Information |
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Rule 901:5-27-09 | Native grass seeds and native grass seeds high in inert matter.
(A) The following species of grass are defined as native grass: (1) Bluestem, Big (Andropogon gerardii); (2) Bluestem, Little (Schizachyrium scoparium); (3) Dropseed, Sand (Sporobolus cryptandrus); (4) Grama, Sideoats (Bouteloua curtipendula); (5) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans); (6) Needlegrass (Achnatherum thurberianum and Nasela viridula); and (7) Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum). (B) The following native grasses characteristically exhibit high inert matter: (1) Bluestem, Big (Andropogon gerardii); (2) Bluestem, Little (Schizachyruim scoparium); (3) Dropseed, Sand (Sporobolus cryptandrus; (4) Grama, Sideoats (Bouteloua curtipendula); (5) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans); (6) Needlegrass (Achnatherum thurberianum and Nasella virdula); and (7) Switchgrass (Panicum Virgatum). Last updated September 23, 2021 at 8:33 PM Supplemental Information |