25 NAC 13-004. Condition of Nursery Stock

004 Condition of Nursery Stock. 004.01 Nursery stock is not to contact hard-surfaced areas unless moisture-retaining or heat-reducing material has been provided keeping the plant, including the roots, moist and protected from excessive heat, drying, and other adverse conditions. 004.02 0 Nursery stock is to remain viable with a moist, green cambium in the stems and branches, viable buds or normal green unwilted growth and not have etiolated growth on individual buds of more than four inches. Viability also precludes actively growing weeds, environmentally or mechanically caused damage or damage caused by animals or the use of plastic burlap.