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Crazytunia CollectionWestflowers by Westhoff
October 2013
Petunia Crazytunia CollectionVarieties
Petunia Crazytunia – variety specifics
1 = low 5 = high
Variety Vigor Height Branching Habit Flower
Crazytunia Bitter Lemon 4 3 4 upright mounding very early
Crazytunia Black Mamba 3 4 3 upright mounding very early
Crazytunia Cherry Cheesecake 3 3 4 mounding late
Crazytunia Cloud 9 4 3 4 upright very early
Crazytunia Kermit Baby 3 3 4 mounding early
Crazytunia Kermit Rose 3 3 4 mounding early
Crazytunia Kermit Piggy 4 4 3 very upright very early
Crazytunia Knight Rider 2 2 2 upright compact early
Crazytunia Mahogany Queen 4 4 3 upright mounding quite early
Crazytunia Mandeville 5 5 1 upright early
Crazytunia Pulse 4 4 4 upright mounding early
Crazytunia Red Blues 4 3 4 upright mounding very early
Crazytunia Sparky 3 2 3 upright compact very early
Crazytunia Star Jubilee 3 4 3 upright mounding early
Crazytunia Starlight Blue 2 2 4 mounding early
Crazytunia Terracotta 4 3 4 upright mounding medium
Crazytunia Twilight Blue 4 4 5 upright mounding medium
Crazytunia Twilight Lime 4 4 5 upright mounding medium
Crazytunia Twilight Red 4 4 5 upright mounding medium
Petunia Crazytunia Bitter Lemon
Vigor : 4Height : 3
Branching : 4 Habit : upright
moundingFlower : very early
Petunia Crazytunia Black Mamba
Vigor : 3Height : 4
Branching : 3 Habit : upright
moundingFlower : very early
Petunia Crazytunia Cherry Cheesecake
Vigor : 3Height : 3
Branching : 4 Habit : mounding
Flower : late
Petunia Crazytunia Cloud 9
Vigor : 4Height : 3
Branching : 4 Habit : upright
Flower : very early
Petunia Crazytunia Kermit Baby
Vigor : 3Height : 3
Branching : 4 Habit : mounding
Flower : early
Petunia Crazytunia Kermit Rose
Vigor : 3Height : 3
Branching : 4 Habit : mounding
Flower : early
Petunia Crazytunia Kermit Piggy
Vigor : 4Height : 4
Branching : 3 Habit : very uprightFlower : very early
Petunia Crazytunia Knight Rider
Vigor : 2Height : 2
Branching : 2 Habit : upright
compactFlower : early
Petunia Crazytunia Mahagony Queen
Vigor : 4Height : 4
Branching : 3 Habit : upright
moundingFlower : quite early
Petunia Crazytunia Mandeville
Vigor : 5Height : 5
Branching : 1 Habit : uprightFlower : early
Petunia Crazytunia Pulse
Vigor : 4Height : 4
Branching : 4 Habit : upright
moundingFlower : early
Petunia Crazytunia Red Blues
Vigor : 4Height : 3
Branching : 4 Habit : upright
moundingFlower : early
Petunia Crazytunia Sparky
Vigor : 3Height : 2
Branching : 3 Habit : upright
compactFlower : very early
Petunia Crazytunia Star Jubilee
Vigor : 3Height : 4
Branching : 3 Habit : upright
moundingFlower : early
Petunia Crazytunia Starlight Blue
Vigor : 2Height : 2
Branching : 4 Habit : mounding
Flower : early
Petunia Crazytunia Terracotta
Vigor : 4Height : 3
Branching : 4 Habit : upright
moundingFlower : early
Petunia Crazytunia Twilight Blue
Vigor : 4Height : 4
Branching : 4 Habit : upright
moundingFlower : medium
Petunia Crazytunia Twilight Lime
Vigor : 4Height : 4
Branching : 4 Habit : upright
moundingFlower : medium
Petunia Crazytunia Twilight Red
Vigor : 4Height : 4
Branching : 4 Habit : upright
moundingFlower : medium
Petunia Crazytunia CollectionGrowth Techniques
Petunia Crazytunia CollectionGrowth Techniques
Rooting and Transplant
Start with healthy, clean cuttings from a reliable URC supplier. For best results, stick cuttings as soon as possible and no later than 24 hours after arrival at your nursery. If cuttings cannot be stuck the same day of arrival, store immediately in refrigeration.
Use a well-drained soil mix with pH levels between 5.4 and 5.8 and mist for the first five days as needed; be careful not to drench liners. Remove from mist promptly and increase light levels as roots emerge. Early PGR and increased light levels with reduced mist volume will eliminate the need to pinch. Begin feeding with 200 ppm as roots emerge. Transplant after 21 to 24 days in propagation.
Transplant liners in a well-drained soil mix with a pH of 5.4-5.8.
Pinching
Crazytunia varieties may be pinched one to two times. Pinch 10-14 days after transplant only if B-Nine applications were missed or significant stretch occurred in propagation. Petunia Crazytunia Mandeville is more vigorous and requires two pinches.
Temperature and Lighting
Maintain night temperature between 52-62°F and day temperature 58-75°F.Crazytunias should be grown under high light levels (between 5,000 and 8,000 f.c. is ideal). Low light levels will cause stretching and reduced plant quality. They flower best under long days of spring and summer. Strongest flowering is April to September. Shorter day length causes longer crop times. Fastest flowering during short day length can be achieved by maintaining night temperatures at 58-60°F and using lighting to extend day length to 12.5 hours.
Petunia Crazytunia CollectionGrowth Techniques
Water Supply and Fertilizer
Uniform water management is important; avoid plants standing in water or overwatering. Allow media to dry between watering. Avoid periods of continued wilting. Petunias are sensitive to both drying out and being too wet; manage water and humidity to reduce occurrences of Botrytis and root diseases. To help prevent foliar diseases, water early in the day, and avoid high humidity, constantly saturated media and wet foliage.
Crazytunias have a high feed requirement. Use constant feed with a balanced fertilizer at 250-300 ppm N with additional iron as needed. Provide a full complement of minor elements to the plant.
Petunia Crazytunia CollectionGrowth Techniques
Plant Growth Regulation
Combination of high light levels and cool temperatures are the best growth regulator. One or more applications of B-Nine (1,500-2,500 ppm) starting 7-14 days after transplanting will control growth and improve flowering. To optimize flower size and avoid delay in flowering, avoid B-Nine applications in the final four weeks of crop time.
To slow vegetative growth while allowing flowering to continue of mature plants approaching shipping size, drench with Bonzi (0.25-1.0 ppm). Frequent applications of growth regulators at a lower concentration early in the crop cycle will produce best results.These recommendations for plant growth regulators are general guidelines. Growers must trial all chemicals under their particular conditions.
Petunia Crazytunia CollectionGrowth Techniques
Crop Time
Starting from a URC: 10-12 weeks for a 1 Gallon pot with one plant per pot; 11-13 weeks for a 10”-12” basket with three plants per basket
Starting from a liners: 7-9 weeks for a 1 Gallon pot with one liner per pot, 8-10 weeks for a 10”-12” basket with three liners per basket.
Pests and Diseases
Keep an eye on: thrips, white fly, aphids, leaf miners and fungal gnats, as well as Botrytis, Rhizoctonia and Pythium. Avoid low temperatures, low light levels and overwatering.
Petunia Crazytunia CollectionGrowth Techniques