Food and Agricultural Code section 14563

“Specialty fertilizer” means packaged commercial fertilizer labeled for home gardens, lawns, shrubbery, flowers, and other similar noncommercial uses. These products may contain less than 5 percent nitrogen (N), available phosphoric acid (P2O5), or soluble potash (K2 O), singly or collectively, detectable by chemical methods.

Source: Section 14563, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=14563. (updated Jan. 1, 1990; accessed Jun. 9, 2025).

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Jan. 1, 1990

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Original Source: Section 14563, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=14563. (last accessed May 12, 2025).