Section R. 285.623.306 - Fine fescue (Festuca rubra, Sub var rubra, Falla x, Ovina var duruiscula)Rule 306.
(1) The standards of this rule for fine fescue include chewings, red, and hard fescues.(2) To be eligible to produce fine fescue foundation seed, land shall not have grown, or have been seeded to, this species during the previous 5 years. Land shall not have grown, or have been seeded to, fine fescue grasses during the previous 18 months to produce certified seed, unless the previous crop was of the same variety and class and was certified.(3) Fine fescue shall be planted in distinct rows.(4) Limitations on the age of stand and pedigree classes of seed through which a variety may be multiplied shall be specified by the originator, but shall not exceed the limitations that are established by the certifying agency.(5) Field standards for fine fescue seed are as follows: | Factor | Foundation | Classes of Seed Certified |
| Other varieties (maximum)1 | none | 1.0% |
| Isolation 2, 3 | | |
| Less than 5 acres (minimum) | 1,320 feet | 330 feet |
| More than 5 acres (minimum) | 900 feet | 165 feet |
1 Includes off-type plants.
2 Hard fescue need not be isolated from red or chewings fescue.
3 See R 285.623.302 - Isolation.
(6) Seed standards for fine fescue seed are as follows: | Cl | asses of Seed |
| Factor | Foundation | Certified |
| Pure seed (minimum) | 98.0% | 97.0% |
| Other crop (maximum) | 0.1% | 0.25% |
| Inert matter (maximum) | 2.0% | 3.0% |
| Weed seed (maximum) | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| Prohibited noxious weeds (maximum) | none | none |
| Restricted noxious weeds and St. | | |
| Johnswart, docks, sheep sorrel, | | |
| bedstraw (maximum) | 27 per pound | 45 per pound |
| Germination (minimum) | | 85.0% |
Mich. Admin. Code R. 285.623.306