Spreading Petunia
NEW E3 EASY WAVE®
NEW Petunia E3 Easy Wave F1 Series ™
Wake up early-season sales! It’s Early, it’s Efficient, it’s the Evolution of Easy Wave…it’s E3! • A new Wave® brand series now available to kick off Easy Wave sales even earlier! • Flowers at or under 10 hours daylength. • With a manageable, uniform plant structure and vigour, this new series offers simple production to save on labour costs. • The series can be grown at lower PGR rates than Easy Wave® (except Blue), so we say it’s ‘Extra Easy’ Wave! • The plants look better longer at retail and still provide the extraordinary performance that consumers expect from Wave Petunia!
Height: 15 to 30 cm Spread: 65 to 80 cm Plug crop time: 4 to 6 weeks Transplant to finish: Spring 6 to 7 weeks, Summer 4 to 5 weeks Seed supplied as: Pelleted with 85% Min. Germ. Standard
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NEW Petunia E3 Easy Wave F1: ™
Seven colours available for Spring 2022
Blue
Coral
Pink
Red
Sky Blue
White
Pink Cosmo
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NEW Petunia E3 Easy Wave F1 Series ™
NEW E3 Easy Wave E3F1Easy Wave flowers Series Petunia ™
at or under 10 hours day length
E3 Easy Wave Day Length Requirements compared to Easy Wave
* Vein pattern
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NEW Petunia E3 Easy Wave - Flowering Time ™
E3NEW Easy Wave Pink E3 Easy
WaveEasy Wave Pink Passion F1 Series Petunia ™
E3 Easy Wave compared with like Easy Wave colors across all locations: •
Approximately 4 days faster to first flower
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Approximately 4 days faster to 50% color
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4-day narrower window of flowering to first flower
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NEW Petunia E3 Easy Wave™ - Plant Structure
Sky Blue
Coral
Requires 9.5 hours daylength. Flowers will lighten with age and in high light conditions. Can be produced using the Easy Wave PGR rates or at half the rate. Cold durable.
Deep coral-salmon with slight veining. Requires 9.5 hours daylength. Can be produced using the Easy Wave PGR rates or at half the rate. Cold durable.
Top pictures: Venhuizen, NL, W15-2020 Bottom: Elburn, USA, W15
NEW Petunia E3 Easy Wave™ - Plant Structure
Pink Mid-true pink colour. Requires 9.5 hours daylength. Can be produced using the Easy Wave PGR rates or at half the rate. Cold durable.
Top pictures: Venhuizen, NL, W15-2020 Bottom: Elburn, USA, W15
Pink Cosmo Medium pink with deeper pink veins that are more prominent in cooler and lower light conditions. Requires 10 hours daylength. Can be produced using the Easy Wave PGR rates or at half the rate. Cold durable.
NEW Petunia E3 Easy Wave™ - Plant Structure
Blue
Red
Requires 10 hours daylength. Most vigorous of the series, so it is recommended to be grown at the Easy Wave PGR rates. Cold durable.
True deep, vibrant red colour. Requires 9.5 hours daylength. Variety is more receptive to PGRs, so best control is achieved at half the rate of Easy Wave. Cold durable.
Top pictures: Venhuizen, NL, W15-2020 Bottom: Elburn, USA, W15
NEW Petunia E3 Easy Wave™ - Plant Structure White Pure, clean white. Requires 9 hours daylength. Can be produced using the Easy Wave PGR rates or at half the rate. Cold durable.
Top pictures: Venhuizen, NL, W15-2020 Bottom right: Elburn, USA, W15
E3 Easy Wave: Improved uniformity of plant structure across series, resolves pain of too variable vigor and plant structure, means simplified plant management.
Petunia E3 Easy Wave holding comparison with Easy Wave E3 Easy Wave on the left VS Easy Wave on the right: L to R, Red – White - Blue
Elburn, USA Week 21, 2020
NEW Petunia E3 Easy Wave™ - PGR Research Coral
Control
Paclobutrazol 10ppm (2,5-ml/l)
Paclobutrazol 20ppm (5,0-ml/l)
Daminozide 2000ppm (3,0 g/l)
Daminozide+ Chlormequat Chl 2000ppm + 375ppm (0,5 ml/l)
Pink Cosmo
Venhuizen trials, NL 11
NEW Petunia E3 Easy Wave™ - PGR Research Pink
Control
Paclobutrazol 10ppm (2,5-ml/l)
Paclobutrazol 20ppm (5,0-ml/l)
Daminozide 2000ppm (3,0 g/l)
Daminozide+ Chlormequat Chl 2000ppm + 375ppm (0,5 ml/l)
Blue
Venhuizen trials, NL
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E3 Easy Wave PGR Response compared with Easy Wave
E3 EW Pink
E3 EW Red
Easy Wave Pink Passion
Easy Wave Red
E3 EW Pink Cosmo
E3 EW White
Easy Wave Pink Passion
Easy Wave White
Elburn trial, USA 306 pack - Daminozide 2500ppm spray, Paclobutrazol 3ppm drench
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Petunia E3 Easy Wave™ - Finished Crop Culture PGR Guidelines Depending on your climate and growing conditions, these are two optional PGR recommendations after transplant: E3 Easy Wave varieties* can be controlled with less or half the rate of Easy Wave, except for Blue: North America : •Daminozide 2500 PPM spray 7-14 days after transplant, then •Paclobutrazol 2-3 PPM drench 7-10 days later •Additional drenches as needed. Northern Europe: •Paclobutrazol 12-16 PPM spray weekly or as needed, OR •Daminozide 2000 PPM spray weekly or as needed. *Blue recommended at the Easy Wave rate: •Paclobutrazol 5 PPM drench or 20 PPM spray.
E3 Easy Wave varieties** can be grown at the Easy Wave rate, except for Red: North America & Northern Europe: • Paclobutrazol 5 PPM drench or 20 PPM spray, • Plants will be more controlled at these rates. North America: • Daminozide 5000 PPM spray 7-14 days after transplant, then • Paclobutrazol 2-3 PPM drench 7-10 days later, •. Additional drenches as needed. Northern Europe: •Paclobutrazol 12-16 PPM spray weekly or as needed, OR •Daminozide 2000 PPM spray weekly or as needed. **Red recommended at the half rate as it will be too compact at the Easy Wave rate.
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NEW Petunia E3 Easy Wave™ and Easy Wave® - Landscape Performers! NEW E3 Easy Wave Blue, White, Red
Elburn, USA Week 34, 2020
Easy Wave Blue, White, Red
NEW Petunia E3 Easy Wave™ - Garden Performer Finished height: 15 to 30 cm Finished spread: 35 to 80 cm Garden spacing: 25 to 40 cm. Based upon like-color comparisons: E3 Easy Wave Series is approximately 80% the spread of Easy Wave.
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