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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 2. Agriculture |
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Agency 5. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |
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Chapter 400. Rules and Regulations for the Enforcement of the Virginia Fertilizer Law |
Section 70. Chlorine guarantees for tobacco fertilizer. (All commercial fertilizers labeled for tobacco shall show a guarantee for chlorine)
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A. The maximum chlorine guarantees permitted for tobacco plant bed fertilizers shall be:
1. One-half percent chlorine for fertilizers with nitrogen guarantees up to and including 6.0%.
2. One percent chlorine for fertilizers with a nitrogen guarantee above 6.0%.
B. The maximum chlorine guarantees permitted for field crop tobacco fertilizer shall be:
1. A maximum chlorine guarantee of 2.0% for fertilizer with nitrogen guarantees up to and including 4.0%.
2. A maximum chlorine guarantee not more than ½ of the respective total nitrogen guarantee for fertilizer with nitrogen guarantees greater than 4.0%.
C. The maximum chlorine guarantee permitted in tobacco top dressers shall be 2.0%.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR115-04-10 § 7, eff. June 25, 1986.
Statutory Authority
§ 3.2-3601 of the Code of Virginia.