8 Colo. Code Regs. § 1203-5, pt. 1.0

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 1, January 10, 2025

Part 1.0 - DEFINITIONS

1.1 "Balled and burlapped nursery stock (B&B)" means nursery stock that has been removed from the growing site with a ball of soil, containing root and surrounded with burlap or other similar material to hold the soil in.

1.2 "Balled and potted nursery stock" means that nursery stock that has been removed from the growing site with a ball of soil, containing the root and placed in a container.

1.3 "Bare root nursery stock" means nursery stock that has been removed from the growing site with the root system substantially free of soil.

1.4 "Bedding plants" means any non-perennial herbaceous plant produced in flats, small pots or trays intended for transplanting in the garden, or landscape.

1.5 "Bench packed nursery stock" means bare root nursery stock with the roots packed in a growing medium mixture and encased in burlap or other material or placed in a container to hold the growing medium in place.

1.6 "Blend" means a combination of varieties of the same species of turfgrass in any percentages.

1.7 "Container grown nursery stock" means nursery stock that has been planted and grown in a container with the root system in soil or other potting mixture capable of sustaining normal plant growth.

1.8 "Etiolated growth" means bleached and unnatural growth resulting from the exclusion of sunlight.

1.9 "Fibrous roots" means an early stage of root growth producing numerous, extensively branched roots.

1.10 "Girdling" means a physical injury caused by a foreign object, such as, but not limited to, a rope or guy wire that compresses the outer surface of a plant stem or trunk deeply enough to constrict the cambium around the plant's entire circumference in a manner that significantly impairs the viability of the plant by restricting the flow of fluids through the xylem or phloem.

1.11 "Girdling root" means a root that encircles the root ball and contacts the stem above the root system.

1.12 "In-ground fabric bag-grown nursery stock" means nursery stock that has been planted in a fabric bag with the root system in soil or in any other potting mixture capable of sustaining normal plant growth; and that in turn has been field planted while in the bag.

1.13 "Mixture" means a combination of two or more different species (kinds) of turfgrasses.

1.14 "Mechanical injury" means injury done to a plant by abiotic causes or physical damage that leads to deviation from normal growth such as, but not limited to, injury caused by equipment, chemicals, cold, lightning, water stress, wind, or hail.

1.15 "Named blend or mixture" means the sales name given to a particular blend or mixture of turfgrass by the grower.

1.16 "Packaged nursery stock" means bare root nursery stock packed with the roots in peat or other moisture-retaining material encased in plastic film or in any other material designed to hold the moisture-retaining material in place.

1.17 "Plantable container" means a container that when planted in the soil, will allow root penetration within one growing season.

1.18 "Primary bud" means the most vigorous bud at a node.

1.19 "Weeds" means any plant species other than species labeled in accordance with § 35-26-104(1), C.R.S., and 4.2 of these rules.

8 CCR 1203-5, pt. 1.0

41 CR 06, March 25, 2018, effective 4/15/2018

42 CR 13, July 10, 2019, effective 7/31/2019

41 CR 06, March 25, 2018, effective 10/30/2019

42 CR 18, September 25, 2019, effective 10/30/2019