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.