# The Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005, Paragraph 13: Standards for germination, analytical purity and content of seed of other plant species

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The seed shall conform to the standards or other conditions as regards germination, analytical purity and the content of seeds of other plant species specified in the following table–
TABLE I
Species
Minimum germination (% by number of pure seeds or pure pellets)
Maximum hard seed content (% by number of pure seeds or pure pellets)
Minimum analytical purity (% by weight)
Maximum total content of seeds of other plant species (% by weight)
Basic Seed and Certified Seed
Basic Seed and Certified Seed
Basic Seed and Certified Seed (minimum standard)
Certified Seed (Higher Voluntary Standard)
Basic Seed
Certified Seed (minimum standard)
Certified Seed (Higher Voluntary Standard)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(a)All fresh and healthy seeds which do not germinate after pre-treatment shall be considered as seeds which have germinated.
(b)Up to the maximum content indicated in column (3), hard seeds present shall be considered as seeds capable of germination.
(c)Including Commercial Seed.
(d)For Commercial Seed 3.5%.
n/aNot applicable (no standard).
Grasses
Cocksfoot
80
90
90
0.3
1.5
1.5
Festulolium
75
96
98
0.3
1.5
1.5
Hybrid ryegrass
75
96
98
0.3
1.5
1.5
Italian ryegrass
75
96
98
0.3
1.5
1.5
Meadow fescue
80
95
98
0.3
1.5
1.5
Perennial ryegrass
80
96
98
0.3
1.5
1.5
Red fescue
75
90
95
0.3
1.5
1.5
Smooth-stalked meadowgrass
75
85
90
0.3
2.0
1.5
Tall fescue
80
95
98
0.3
1.5
1.5
Timothy (including small Timothy)
80
96
98
0.3
1.5
1.5
Legumes
Lucerne
80
40
97
98
0.3
1.5
1.5
Red clover
80
20
97
98
0.3
1.5
1.5
Sainfoin
75
20
95
98
0.3
2.5
1.5
White clover
80
40
97
98
0.3
1.5
1.5
TABLE II
Species
Minimum germination (% by number of pure seeds or pure pellets)
Maximum hard seed content (% by number of pure seeds or pure pellets)
Minimum analytical purity (% by weight)
Maximum total content of seeds of other plant species (% by weight)
All categories
All categories
All categories
Basic Seed
Certified Seed, Certified Seed of the First and Second Generations
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(a)All fresh and healthy seeds which do not germinate after pre-treatment shall be considered as seeds which have germinated.
(b)Up to the maximum content indicated in column (3), hard seeds present shall be considered as seeds capable of germination.
(c)For Commercial Seed 97%.
(d)For Commercial Seed 2.0%.
(e)For Commercial Seed 3.0%.
n/aNot applicable (no standard).
Grasses
Alaska brome-grass
75
97
0.4
1.5
Annual meadowgrass
75
85
0.3
2.0
Brown top
75
90
0.3
2.0
Creeping bent
75
90
0.3
2.0
Red top
80
90
0.3
2.0
Rescue grass
75
97
0.4
1.5
Rough-stalked meadowgrass
75
85
0.3
2.0
Fine leaved sheep’s fescue
75
n/a
85
0.3
2.0
Hard fescue
75
n/a
85
0.3
2.0
Sheep’s fescue
75
85
0.3
2.0
Tall oatgrass
75
90
0.3
3.0
Velvet bent
75
90
0.3
2.0
Wood meadowgrass
75
85
0.3
2.0
Legumes
Aliske clover
80
20
97
0.3
1.5
Birdsfoot trefoil
75
40
95
0.3
1.8
Common vetch
85
20
98
0.3
1.0
Field bean
80
5
98
0.3
0.5
Field pea
80
98
0.3
0.5
Hairy vetch
85
20
98
0.3
1.0
Hungarian vetch
85
20
98
0.3
1.0
Narrow-leaved lupin (Blue lupin)
75
20
98 (c)
0.3
0.5
Trefoil
80
20
97
0.3
1.5
White lupin
80
20
98 (c)
0.3
0.5
Yellow lupin
80
20
98 (c)
0.3
0.5
Others
Fodder kale
75
98
0.3
1.0
Fodder radish
80
97
0.3
1.0
Swede
80
98
0.3
1.0

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/329/schedule/4/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fodder-plant-seed-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-4/paragraph-13
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