(1) Seed standards for quality timothy grass seed are as follows:
| Minimum % Purity | Minimum Viability by Germination or TZ Test | Maximum % Other Crop (a) | Maximum % Weed (b) |
Timothy seed | 97 | 85 | 0.20 | 0.02 |
Purity component percentages are based on 1 gram sample size. |
(a) | 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. |
(b) | Must be free of alfilaria (redstem filaree), Bromus sp., chickweed including all other species in the Caryophyllaceae family, henbit, Poa sp., wild carrot, 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: RCW
15.49.005,
15.49.310,
15.49.370 (3), (4), and chapter
34.05 RCW. WSR 15-12-109, § 16-302-755, filed 6/3/15, effective 7/4/15. Statutory Authority: RCW
15.49.005,
15.49.081,
15.49.310,
15.49.370(3), and chapter
34.05 RCW. WSR 14-20-050, § 16-302-755, filed 9/25/14, effective 10/26/14. Statutory Authority: Chapters
15.49 and
34.05 RCW. WSR 10-20-149, § 16-302-755, filed 10/6/10, effective 11/6/10; WSR 08-23-055, § 16-302-755, filed 11/14/08, effective 12/15/08.]