Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 40 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Chapter 40-4 - ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT INDUSTRY › Subject 40-4-21 - HORTICULTURAL GROWING MEDIA › Rule 40-4-21-.01 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
The following words or terms shall have the meaning set forth
				  herein when used in these rules and regulations:
(a) Aged: exposed under uncontrolled
				conditions to weathering and/or natural decay.
(b) Bark: the outer, more or less corky layer
				of stems of most woody plants. Bark may include no more than 15 percent by
				volume wood.
(c) Bulk: not in a
				package or in packages of one cubic yard or more.
(d) Compost: organic materials which have
				been biologically decomposed by mixing and piling in such a way as to promote
				decay, and to minimize pathogens, viable weed seeds and odors. Such materials
				must have passed beyond a thermophilic (heat-generating) stage, and must be in
				a stage of decomposition (aerobic) of a sufficient degree to be not harmful to
				plant growth when combined with generally accepted horticultural industry
				growing practices.
(e)
				Commissioner: the Commissioner of Agriculture, any employee of the Department
				of Agriculture, or any other person authorized by the Commissioner to act on
				behalf of the Commissioner.
(f)
				Custom Medium: a horticultural growing medium which is prepared to exact
				specifications of the person who will be planting in the medium and delivered
				directly to that person without intermediate or further distribution.
(g) Department: the Georgia Department of
				Agriculture.
(h) Distribute: to
				offer for sale, sell, barter, exchange, or otherwise supply or make
				available.
(i) Horticultural
				growing medium: any substance or mixture of substances which is promoted as or
				is intended to function as an artificial soil for the managed growth of
				horticultural crops.
(j) Label: the
				display of all written, printed, or graphic matter on or attached to the
				immediate container accompanying the lot of horticultural growing
				medium.
(k) Labelling: in addition
				to the label, any written, printed, or graphic matter accompanying any
				horticultural growing medium or any advertisements, brochures, posters,
				television, or radio announcements, or any other oral or written material used
				in promoting a horticultural growing medium.
(l) Person: individuals, partnerships,
				corporations, or other organized bodies or entities, or any combination
				thereof.
(m) Processed:
				deliberately treated or manipulated to modify or transform physical, chemical,
				or biological characteristics of the natural state of the substance.
(n) Raw: in the natural state, and not
				prepared, modified or manipulated for use.
(o) Registrant: the person whose name appears
				on the label of a horticultural growing medium and who is responsible for
				labeling such medium.
(p)
				Registration Document: the information required by the Commissioner for
				registering a horticultural growing medium for distribution into or within
				Georgia, not including a Suitability Document. The Registration Document may be
				made available by the registrant to the purchaser upon request.
(q) Suitability Document: the information
				described by the Commissioner, of an experimental and explanatory nature
				describing how the registrant determined suitability of the product for its
				intended use(s).
(r) Suitable: to
				function as promoted or intended when combined with generally accepted
				horticultural industry growing practices. Generally, in referring to a medium,
				this means holds water and air, provides mechanical support, and sustains plant
				growth when combined with generally accepted horticultural industry growing
				practices.
(s) Soil: the upper
				weathered mineral surface of the earth. Soil may contain an organic portion
				consisting of both living and dead organisms.
(t) Wood: a hard, fibrous material located
				beneath the bark, which constitutes the greatest part of stems of trees and
				shrubs.
Authority O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  2-12-100
et
				  seq.