Rule 40-4-3-.08. Clipping

Clipping will be allowed only on tomato and pepper plants. Such plants will be approved as certified only if they meet the following conditions as determined by the inspector in charge:

1. (a) First clipping shall be done when the majority of the plants in the field have reached a height of seven inches. Additional clippings will be permitted as necessary or desirable, provided that no more than one inch of material is removed at any clipping.
2. (b) Clipped plants shall be treated with a fungicide registered with the Department and approved by the Department for vegetable plant production immediately after clipping.
3. (c) Clipped plants shall not be pulled within three days of clipping, or until clipping scars have callused.

Authority: O.C.G.A. Secs. 2-7-1et seq., 2-7-23.

History. Original Rule entitled "Packing" adopted. F. and eff. June 30, 1965.

Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. Feb. 8, 1979; eff. Feb. 28, 1979.

Repealed: New Rule entitled "Clipping" adopted. F. Sept. 12, 1983; eff. Oct. 2, 1983.

Repealed: New Rule entitled "Spraying" adopted. F. Aug. 2, 1995; eff. Aug. 22, 1995.

Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. July 8, 1997; eff. July 28, 1997.

Repealed: New Rule entitled "Clipping" adopted. F. Dec. 9, 2003; eff. Dec. 31, 2003, as specified by the Agency.