Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 47 Entries. Saturday, April 11 View Page Here is the lineup for this year.   Monday, April 27 View Page Starting 823 Rahe & 1374 Engel   Saturday, May 2 View Page Amendments   Saturday, May 2 View Page Seeds have sprouted, the weather forcast looks good.   Sunday, May 31 View Page 823 Rahe. The vine has hit the ground running.   Sunday, May 31 View Page 1374 Engel. Looking good as well.   Friday, June 12 View Page 823 Rahe. main at 7'. looking great. facebook reminded that that the plant I grew my PB on was 7' on this date.   Friday, June 12 View Page 1374 Engel. Main at 4'. The plant has a lack of side vines. I don't get it, same soil, same program. On the up side the first female is round and yellow.   Sunday, June 21 View Page Started this plant Feb 4th. Ripe tomato by the summer solstice. MMMMM. The females on the 823 Rahe look underdeveloped. I've got one at 12'. I hope it takes, about 10 days out. I guess the plant isn't ready to set fruit yet, growing like crazy. No extra fertz on this one. The 1374 Engel has a nice round good looking female at 8'. About 4 days out. Might wait for the next one and let the plant get bigger. Side vines aren't very robust but I am getting some.   Monday, June 22 View Page At the risk of being banned to the little pumpkins.com site, I am posting this picture of a plant grown from the Savage cross 09 (jumbo pink banana x 993 Vincent McGill) What it will grow, I hAVE NO FARMING IDEA. Freaky.   Saturday, June 27 View Page Pollinated Savage cross 09 X Self.   Sunday, June 28 View Page Pollinated 1374 Engel with 823 Rahe. 3 lobes. 11'6" out. No other female in sight on the main so I am rolling with this one.   Sunday, June 28 View Page 823 Rahe plant. This is the first female to open. 13' out on the main. Pollinating tomorrow.   Sunday, June 28 View Page 823 Rahe plant. looking good.   Monday, June 29 View Page Pollinated 823 Rahe with 1374 Engel. 5 perfect lobes on the main. Did a second pollination on side vine as well.   Wednesday, July 8 View Page 1374 Engel. Day 10. Great shape. Lots of rain today.   Thursday, July 9 View Page 823 Rahe. day 10.   Monday, July 13 View Page 1374 Engel. Day 15. Est. 30 lbs.   Tuesday, July 14 View Page 823 Rahe pumpkin. Day 15. Est 45lbs. The plant has filled it's allotted area and all but 2 vines have been terminated.   Saturday, July 18 View Page 1374 Engel, day 20, Est. 88 lbs. Great shape.   Sunday, July 19 View Page Day 20 for the 823 Rahe. Est. 153 lbs. It's growing a bit oblong but all the fruit on this plant looked that way.   Sunday, July 19 View Page 823 Rahe. I also might have an issue with the blossom end. I hope not. WTF,full speed ahead.   Wednesday, July 22 View Page Savage cross 09. Day 15. Est.43 lbs. I might have underestimated the potential of this cross.   Thursday, July 23 View Page 1374 Engel. day 25. Est. 176 lbs.   Friday, July 24 View Page 823 Rahe day 25. Est. 285 lbs. Matches my PB for day 25. Time to add some juice.   Tuesday, July 28 View Page 1374 Engel. day 30. 255lbs. est.   Wednesday, July 29 View Page 823 Rahe. Day 30. Est. 395 lbs. Did 26 lbs. a day for the last 5 days.   Sunday, August 2 View Page 1374 Engel. day 35, est.319 lbs. She's about 4 inches wider than she is long.   Friday, August 7 View Page 1374 Engel. day 40. est. 368 lbs. I'm guessing she'll come in around 600 to 650 at this pace.   Saturday, August 8 View Page 823 Rahe, day 40, est. 547 lbs. Growth curve would suggest a finishing weight somewhere in the 800s. A bit disappointed, I spared no expense with the amendments in the spring and added Azos, compost tea and Neptunes harvest to the regiment. The plant looks great though, maybe my second half numbers will be better.   Thursday, August 13 View Page 1374 Engel day 45. est 427.lbs   Thursday, August 13 View Page 823 Rahe. day 45. est. 606lbs. This pumpkin looks like it's father, the 895 Rahe.   Monday, August 17 View Page 1374 Engel. day 50. est. 462 lbs. + 7 lbs. per day for the last 5. I will posting 10 day intervals from here on in.   Tuesday, August 18 View Page 823 Rahe, day 50. 649 lbs est.   Tuesday, August 25 View Page A few days ago I found this area in the main vine about 2 ' away from the pumpkin on the 823 Rahe. I had been putting fungicide on it for a little while but then the brush poked through and I found foam. So I cut a hole to let it drain. I then covered it with the hydrator drawer from my fridge. Then I put 4" flexible aluminum exhaust vent right in front of the hole.   Tuesday, August 25 View Page Since it's close to kin I didn't have a lot of room to work with so I extended the flex hose to the back of the pumpkin and connected it to a cheapy bathroom exhaust fan, it's propped up off the ground with wood. I then covered the fan with the lid off of my grill to keep the fan dry.   Thursday, August 27 View Page 1374 Engel. day 60. up about 40lbs in the last 10 days.   Friday, August 28 View Page 823 Rahe, day 60. up about 64 lbs. in the last 10 days. I'll take it. With my vine rot issue i'm lucky it's still growing.   Monday, September 7 View Page 1374 Engel Day 71. up 36 lbs in the last 10 days.   Monday, September 7 View Page 823 Rahe day 70. no recordable growth in the last 10 days. I guess my rotting vine issue has stopped this one. Just hoping to hold it together now. This pumpkin had a lot of forward growth (towards the vine) I was not diligent in moving the pumpkin backward as it grew. I have concluded the stress on the vine caused it to split letting in nasties.   Tuesday, September 8 View Page The vine on the 823. Rahe   Thursday, October 1 View Page 823 Rahe. The crappy looking main vine. She stopped growing about day 60.   Thursday, October 1 View Page The 823 Rahe fruit loaded.   Tuesday, October 20 View Page American Chestnut, Douglas hybrid. 6"-12" bare root stock from Oikos tree crops. Planted March 29nth 1997. Picture taken in 2014. This is the 3rd year of nut production. thanks Brotherdave for germination tips.   Tuesday, December 8 View Page 604 Rahe 2015 (1374 Engel 14 x 823 Rahe 15).   Tuesday, December 8 View Page 895 Rahe 15 (823 Rahe 14 x 1374 Engel 14) This is the reverse cross of the 604 Rahe. The cross info in my last post should have said 823 Rahe 14, no edit button lol.   Tuesday, December 8 View Page Ok looks like my brain needs a rest. 699 Rahe 15 (823 Rahe 14 x 1374 Engel 14) Frazzeled by windows 10 scrambling my pictures, arrrgh.