Section 02.06.01.140 - GERMINATION STANDARDS FOR SEED IN HERMETICALLY SEALED CONTAINERSThe period of validity of germination tests is extended to the following period for seed packaged in hermetically sealed containers under conditions and label requirements set forth in Subchapter A.
01.Germination Tests. The germination test for agricultural and vegetable seed shall have been completed within the following period, exclusive of the calendar month in which the test was completed, immediately prior to shipment, delivery, transportation or sales:a. In the case of agricultural or vegetable seeds shipped, delivered, transported or sold to a dealer for resale, eighteen (18) months;b. In the case of agricultural or vegetable seeds for sale or sold at retail, thirty-six (36) months.02.Conditions of Packaging. The following standards, requirements, conditions must be met before seed is considered to be hermetically sealed under the provisions of Subchapter A:a. The seed was packaged within nine months after harvest.b. The container used does not allow water vapor penetration through any wall, including the seals, greater than five hundredths (0.05) gram of water per twenty-four (24) hours per one hundred (100) square inches of surface at one hundred degrees F. (100F) with a relative humidity on one side of ninety percent (90%) and on the other of zero percent (0%). Water vapor penetration or WVP is measured by the standards of the U.S. Bureau of Standards as-gm. H2O/24 hr./100 sq. in./100 F/ 90% RHV 0% RH.03.Moisture. The seed in the container does not exceed the percentage of moisture, on a wet weight basis, as listed below: a.Table 1. Agricultural Seeds | Percent |
Beet, field | 7.5 |
Beet, sugar | 7.5 |
Bluegrass, Kentucky | 6.0 |
Clover, crimson | 8.0 |
Fescue, red | 8.0 |
Ryegrass, annual | 8.0 |
Ryegrass, perennial | 8.0 |
All other agricultural seeds | 6.0 |
Mixtures of above | 8.0 |
b.Table 2. Vegetable Seeds | Percent |
Bean, garden | 7.0 |
Bean, lima | 7.0 |
Beet | 7.5 |
Broccoli | 5.0 |
Brussels sprouts | 5.0 |
Cabbage | 5.0 |
Carrot | 7.0 |
Cauliflower | 5.0 |
Celeriac | 7.0 |
Celery | 7.0 |
Chard, Swiss | 7.5 |
Chinese cabbage | 5.0 |
Chives | 6.5 |
Collards | 5.0 |
Corn, sweet | 8.0 |
Cucumber | 6.0 |
Eggplant | 6.0 |
Kale | 5.0 |
Kohlrabi | 5.0 |
Leek | 6.5 |
Lettuce | 5.5 |
Muskmelon | 6.0 |
Mustard, India | 5.0 |
Onion | 6.5 |
Onion, Welsh | 6.5 |
Parsley | 6.5 |
Parsnip | 6.0 |
Pea | 7.0 |
Pepper | 4.5 |
Pumpkin | 6.0 |
Radish | 5.0 |
Rutabaga | 5.0 |
Spinach | 8.0 |
Squash | 6.0 |
Tomato | 5.5 |
Turnip | 5.0 |
Watermelon | 6.5 |
All other vegetable seeds | 6.0 |
04.Labeling. The container is conspicuously labeled in not less than eight (8) point type to indicate that the container is hermetically sealed, that the seed has been preconditioned as to moisture content, and the calendar month and year in which the germination test was completed.05.Germination. The percentage of germination of seed at the time of packaging was equal to or above the standards specified elsewhere in Subchapter A of these rules.Idaho Admin. Code r. 02.06.01.140