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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 2. Agriculture
Agency 5. Department of Agriculture And Consumer Services
Chapter 400. Rules and Regulations for the Enforcement of the Virginia Fertilizer Law
11/21/2024

2VAC5-400-70. Chlorine guarantees for tobacco fertilizer. (All commercial fertilizers labeled for tobacco shall show a guarantee for chlorine).

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%.

Statutory Authority

§ 3.2-3601 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR115-04-10 § 7, eff. June 25, 1986.

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