Grower - a person growing and distributing nursery stock.

1. Renewals for a grower's license are automatically mailed out to previously licensed growers. These are due March 15 and are delinquent April 15.
2. Initial applications need to be received before you begin distribution.
3. You must list all sources of nursery stock on the application/renewal. These sources must be continually updated with our department. All nursery stock sources must be licensed in the state of origin.
4. Once the application or renewal is received, an inspection will be conducted at the nursery growing site(s). There will be a minimum of at least one inspection per growing season. These inspections are conducted between June and October.

1. A "Plant Inspection Report" will be sent to the grower listing all plant pest problems found. You may be issued a "Withdrawal-From-Distribution Order" for nursery stock that is restricted due to plant pest problems, or with environmental or mechanical damage. These restricted plants are marked with red restriction tape and cannot be distributed until certain requirements have been met and the plant reinspected and released. Nursery stock may be sprayed with orange spray paint if it is dead or is so severely damaged that it will not recover. These plants must be rouged out and destroyed.
2. The inspection fee is $25 for the first acre (or fraction thereof) plus $5 for each additional acre. If the renewal was received after April 15, then a delinquent fee will be assessed of $24 per hour inspection time and $0.42 per mile mileage charge.
3. Upon payment of the inspection fee, you will be printed a grower's license that will expire on September 30 of the next year. Example: Your inspection is conducted during the summer of 2008. Upon payment of your inspection bill, you will be printed a license that will expire September 30, 2009. An exception to this would be if you are an initial applicant and want to distribute your trees as soon as possible, we would issue you the license for the current year.
4. Please note that cut Christmas trees aren't regulated. If they are dug with the roots attached, then they are regulated as nursery stock.

All nursery stock distributed by any grower, dealer, or broker must be sound, healthy nursery stock that is reasonably capable of growth, labeled correctly, free from injurious plant pests, and stored or displayed under conditions that maintains its vigor.

You can view an Application for a Grower's License, print it, complete it, and mail it back to our department.

Files in PDF format can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader.