Washington Administrative Code

The definitions in this section shall apply throughout this chapter.(1) "Department" means the department of agriculture of the state of Washington.(2) "Director" means the director of the department of agriculture or a duly appointed representative.(3) "Potato" means plants or p…

The seed potato isolation district consists of that area of Whatcom County lying within the following boundaries:On the west the boundary follows Georgia Straight from the Canadian border south to Slater Road.On the north the boundary follows the Canadian border from Georgia Stra…

All potato plantings in excess of one acre must be enrolled in the seed potato certification program described in chapter 16-324 WAC. All commercial potato plantings of one acre or less must either be enrolled in the seed potato certification program or planted exclusively with c…

The director may allow the production of potatoes, otherwise prohibited, by special permit. The permit shall specify under what conditions and in what location production will be allowed and must be obtained prior to planting.[Statutory Authority: Chapter 15.15 RCW. WSR 98-09-071…

(1) At the option and expense of the owner or owners or their responsible agents, potatoes shipped into or planted in the isolation district in violation of this chapter may be returned to the point of origin or destroyed. Destruction will be done in a manner that safeguards path…

(1) For purposes of descriptions of boundaries, any highway designation is measured from the center line of the highway, as determined by Washington department of transportation maps.(2) Brassica seed production district 1 includes areas of five counties as follows:(a) In Whatcom…

(1) Growing, transportation or processing of Brassica seed is regulated under provisions of this section only within the borders of a Brassica seed production district, as described in WAC 16-326-010.(2) No Brassica seed crop grown for any purpose is regulated as part of a Brassi…

(1) Brassica seed crops intended for oil or fuel production and/or associated by-products, forage, or cover crops may only be planted or grown in compliance with a Brassica production agreement, as described in RCW 15.51.040.(2) Brassica seed crops of species generally known as r…

(1) Brassica napus var. biennis, winter type canola or rapeseed, may not be planted in Brassica seed production district 2.(2) A minimum isolation distance of two miles must be preserved from the nearest edge of any Brassica seed crop to any other Brassica seed crop. The location…

WAC 16-326-040 establishes restrictions that apply throughout all of Brassica seed production district 2 (including the two subdistricts designated districts 2A and 2B in WAC 16-326-010(3)), regarding the production of Brassica seed crops. Additional specific restrictions apply t…

The Brassica work group is an advisory group composed of representatives of the vegetable seed, canola, and biofuels production industries, as well as other interested persons. The Washington state department of agriculture will continue to convene the work group as needed, but a…

"Department" means the department of agriculture of the state of Washington."Director" means the director of the department of agriculture or a duly appointed representative."Fairly clean" means that the roots are not matted or caked with dirt."Fairly fresh" means that the roots …

The strawberry plant certification fees are as follows:(1) Certification application fee. The applicant must furnish all information requested on the application for inspection, including, but not limited to, the crop, variety, class planted, date planted, source of seed or plant…

(1) Issuance of a state of Washington certified plant tag, stamp or other document, under this chapter means only that the tagged, stamped, or otherwise documented strawberry planting stock has been subjected to procedures and requirements described in this chapter and determined…

(1) Foundation strawberry plants must originate directly from nuclear stock and must be grown in an insect-proof facility on pasteurized soil or a soil-less growing medium free of plant pests and vectors of plant pests.(2) Growers may use micro-propagation techniques to multiply …

(1) Registered strawberry plants must originate directly from foundation stock.(2) Certified strawberry plants must be planted with first year plantings of registered or foundation stock.(3) Registered or certified strawberry plants must be grown in an insect-proof facility or in…

(1) The unit of certification is the lot.(2) Any portion of a field not meeting the standards, tolerances and criteria established in this chapter may be marked and removed from consideration for certification if, in the judgment of the department, it does not jeopardize the cert…

(1) After the plants have passed inspection, foundation, registered and certified strawberry planting stock must be identified by the official state of Washington plant tag or stamp. In addition, foundation or registered strawberry planting stock must be marked with the appropria…

Washington No. 1 strawberry planting stock consists of strawberry plants of one variety or plants of similar varietal characteristics which are:(1) Fairly fresh.(2) Firm.(3) Moist.(4) Fairly clean.(5) Fairly well trimmed runners and petioles.(6) Free from damage caused by:(a) Sun…

Washington No. 2 shall consist of strawberry plants of one variety or plants of similar varietal characteristics which meet all of the requirements of Washington No. 1 except strawberry plants in this grade must have at least six main roots with a minimum length of two and one-ha…

(1) In order to allow for variations incident to proper grading and packing, not more than a combined total of ten percent, by count, of the plants in any lot may fail to meet the requirements of the grades specified in WAC 16-328-083 or 16-328-085.(2) Individual packages in any …

"Caneberry" means any cultivated Rubus species."Department" means the department of agriculture of the state of Washington."Director" means the director of the department of agriculture or a duly appointed representative."Index" means to test for virus infection by means of inocu…

(1) Issuance of a state of Washington certified plant tag, stamp or other document under this chapter means only that the tagged, stamped or otherwise documented caneberry planting stock has been subjected to procedures and requirements described in this chapter and determined to…

The caneberry certification fees are as follows:(1) Certification application fee. The applicant must furnish all information requested on the application form furnished by the department, including, but not limited to, the crop, variety, class planted, date planted, source of se…

(1) Foundation caneberry plants must originate directly from nuclear stock and may be grown in a greenhouse, screenhouse or field.(2) Growers may use micro-propagation techniques to multiply foundation plants prior to planting them in a foundation greenhouse, screenhouse or field…

(1) Registered caneberry plants must originate directly from nuclear or foundation stocks and may be grown in a greenhouse, screenhouse or field.(2) Registered plants of differing cultivars produced in a registered greenhouse or screenhouse must be grown in separate containers.(3…

(1) Certified caneberry plants must originate directly from foundation or registered planting stock, or from root cuttings or succulent plants from foundation or registered plants.(2) Different cultivars planted in a certified field must be separated by a distance of fourteen fee…

(1) Prior to planting foundation, registered, or certified planting stock, the grower must obtain approval from the department for each field site or facility. (2) For approval by the department, a field site for growing foundation, registered, or certified planting stock must co…

(1) Foundation or registered caneberry plants growing in a greenhouse or screenhouse must be inspected by the department at least one time during the growing period when the plants are likely to express symptoms of virus infection, crown and cane gall infections, and other disord…

(1) Field grown foundation, registered, or certified caneberry planting stock must be inspected by the department at least three times during the growing period.(a) The first and second inspections must be conducted when the plants are likely to express symptoms of virus infectio…

(1) Each lot of foundation, registered or certified planting stock may have no more than the percentage of affected plants listed in the table below: Foundation AllinspectionsRegisteredAllinspectionsCertifiedAllinspectionsFactorsPercentPercentPercentVarietal mixture000Visible sym…

(1) All caneberry planting stock meeting the requirements and standards of this chapter may be identified with the state of Washington official certified caneberry plant tag or stamp issued by the department.(2) All containers must be marked with the name and address of the growe…

(1) "Certified block" means a planting of a single variety of garlic established from foundation stock, registered stock or certified stock, which complies with the requirements of this chapter.(2) "Certified stock" means garlic which is produced in a certified block and/or which…

(1) Issuance of a state of Washington certified plant tag, stamp or other document means only that the tagged, stamped, or otherwise documented plant materials have been subjected to procedures and requirements described in this chapter and determined to be in compliance with its…

(1) Participants in the seed garlic certification program must submit an annual two-hundred dollar application fee and all applications for plant propagation and certification by July 1 prior to planting. A separate application form must be used for each variety to be certified.(…

(1) The department shall conduct the following inspections for white rot fungus:(a) One growing season inspection for all field plantings;(b) One inspection at harvest or during storage;(2) The department shall collect samples and conduct laboratory analysis for stem and bulb nem…

Any plant that appears to be growing abnormally or with abnormal appearing bulbs will be collected and examined for the presence of pests or disease. The department may refuse to certify a planting or the harvested bulbs of garlic if:(1) The garlic is found to be infested with st…

In addition to other requirements specified in this chapter, a grower participating in this program must perform all of the following:(1) Conduct an active program of garlic pest control;(2) Use precautions when cultivating, irrigating and moving equipment to prevent the spread o…

(1) Harvested seed garlic shall be stored in:(a) Clean bins or containers that have not been used to store noncertified Allium spp.; and(b) Clean storage areas approved by the department where onions are not stored.(2) Harvested planting stock must be held in one of the following…

In order to move planting stock out of Washington for cracking or other treatment, the participant must comply with all of the following requirements:(1) The identity of each lot must be maintained at all times;(2) The participant must obtain a permit from the department prior to…

(1) Trees of Malus, Pyrus, Cydonia, Chaenomeles, Amelanchier, Crataegus, Sorbus or Prunus may be registered as rootstock and scion sources for the propagation of certified nursery stock when inspected, tested and found to be discernibly free from harmful virus and virus-like dise…

(1) "Block" means a contiguous grouping of registered plants separated by at least 10 feet from other contiguous groupings of registered plants. Exemptions for closer spacing of registered plants may be granted by the department when risks of infection from targeted pests is low …

Certification by the department shall not imply or be construed as any warranty of the department or their employees as to the condition of nursery stock. The following requirements and conditions shall be met to qualify for consideration of certification of nursery stock:(1) The…

(1) The department will assign a registration number to each registered scion tree.(2) Only registered G2 or G3 trees are permitted in a registered scion block.(3) Isolation requirements. Prunus trees must be at least 100 feet from any nonregistered Prunus tree and any nonregiste…

(1) The department will assign a registration number to each registered seed tree.(2) Prunus seed blocks must be located at least 100 feet from any nonregistered Prunus plants and any nonregistered member of the Rosaceae family.(3) The ground in a seed block and for a distance of…

(1) Existing stool beds not found to be virus infected via testing approved by the department may qualify as registered G3 stool beds. New stool beds shall have originated from G2 or G3 stock established under this certification program, or from virus-tested G1 plants originating…

The following requirements specifically apply to scion blocks of containerized plant genera Amelanchier, Chaenomeles, Cydonia, Crataegus, Malus, Prunus, Pyrus, and Sorbus species:(1) The roots of trees being containerized must be free of soil prior to planting in the containers;(…

(1) The following requirements apply specifically to tissue culture plant materials grown by organogenesis for scion and for rootstock:(a) Plants (explants) used to produce callus for tissue culture must be tested or indexed annually.(b) Plantlets (rooted shoots) regenerated from…

The following requirements specifically apply to Washington certified nursery stock, also known as G4 level material:(1) The applicant must maintain, and when requested, provide to the department at no cost, the following records of all G4-level materials in this program for at l…

(1) Inspection and testing procedures prescribed in this certification program may be carried out by the department, and shall be conducted at such times and in such manner as is acceptable to the department.(2) The methods and procedures used for virus indexing and testing shall…