Section 115.321. Preplanting

(a) Certified sod shall be the vegetative increase of certified seed.

(b) Samples of seed shall be obtained by the certification office and checked before planting. Field boundaries shall be designated at the time of the preplanting inspection.

(c) The seed standards for sod quality grass seed are as follows:

Kind	Minimum Purity	Minimum Germination	Maximum Other Crop	Maximum Weed
Kentucky Bluegrass	97%	80%	.1%	.02%
Red Fescue*	98%	90%	.1%	.02%
Chewings Fescue*	98%	90%	.1%	.02%
Hard fescue*	98%	90%	.1%	.02%
Turf-type perennial ryegrass	98%	90%	.1%	.02%
Turf-type tall fescue	98%	90%	.1%	.02%

* Hereafter referred to as fine fescue

(1) Kinds of grasses shall be free of big bluegrass, Canada bluegrass, smooth brome, reed canary grass and clover. A maximum of .02% Canada bluegrass is permitted in Kentucky bluegrass.

(2) A maximum of 2.0% other Kentucky bluegrass varieties is permitted in a named Kentucky bluegrass variety.

(3) Samples shall be free of prohibited noxious weed seeds and undesirable grass seeds.

(4) A sod seed analysis based on the rules of the Association of Official Seed Analysts, c/o Illinois State Seed Laboratory, Post Office Box 4906, 801 Sangamen Avenue, Springfield, Illinois 62706 and section 3 Pa.C.S. § 7104 (relating to labels and labeling) shall be the basis of determining seed standards.

(5) A maximum of 27 ryegrass seeds per pound will be permitted in tall fescue. Ryegrass seeds are not permitted in other kinds.

(d) To be eligible for certification, a turfgrass shall be planted on sites approved by the certification agency.

(e) On land recently inspected for a certified sod crop, the preplant inspection may be waived and no fee charged.

The provisions of this § 115.321 amended September 26, 1975, effective September 27, 1975, 5 Pa.B. 2522; amended April 6, 1990, effective April 7, 1990, 20 Pa.B. 1878; amended May 22, 2009, effective June 22, 2009, 39 Pa.B. 2577. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (276772) to (276773).

Notation

Authority

The provisions of this § 115.321 amended under 3 Pa.C.S. § § 7111 and 7117.

Cross References

This section cited at 7 Pa. Code § 115.462 (relating to minimum seed standards for interagency certification of turfgrass seed).