Section 25-13-006 - Storage or Display of Nursery Stock006.01 Nursery stock shall not be displayed or stored in contact with concrete, asphalt, or other similar hard-surfaced areas unless moisture-retaining or heat-reducing material has been provided Roots shall be protected from excessive heat, drying, and other adverse conditions The authority to set regulations for the storage or display of nursery stock by nursery stock distributors is found in Neb. Rev. Stat. §§2 1091.01, 2-1095 and 2-10,103 of the Act. 006.01A Balled and burlapped nursery stock shall be kept moist at all times and in a moisture retaining material at a depth sufficient to cover approximately 75% of the ball.006.01B Bare root nursery stock shall be kept under conditions of temperature, light, and moisture to retard etiolated or other abnormal growth and maintain viability Moisture shall be supplied to the root system by high humidity conditions in storage or by covering the roots with moisture retaining material The roots of healed-in-stock shall be covered by moisture retaining material.006.01C Bench balled nursery stock shall be kept moist at all times and in a moisture retaining material at a depth sufficient to cover approximately 75% of the ball.006.01D Container grown, potted, and balled and potted nursery stock shall be kept and displayed under conditions of temperature, light, and moisture sufficient to maintain the viability and vigor of the nursery stock Potting medium shall be maintained at a depth sufficient to cover all roots of the plants.006.01E Packaged nursery stock shall be stored and displayed under conditions of temperature and light that will retard etiolated growth or other abnormal growth and ensure adequate moisture.25 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 13, § 006