Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 78 Entries. Monday, April 8 View Page Soil test results. Sample taken last November. 1300 sq ft. Spring 2012 Added 1 ton of compost, OM went from 4.0 to 4.5. Added 25 lbs magnesium sulfate, K went from 94 to 169 ppm. Added 80 lbs. pelletized lime (20% magnesium), Magnesium went from 267 ppm to 344 ppm. Added 50 lbs calcium carbonate, Calcium went from 1925 ppm to 2122 ppm. Sodium went from 19 to 34 ppm. Ph went from 6.5 to 6.8. Added 25 lbs Manganese sulfate, Manganese went from 8 ppm to 19 ppm. Added 13 Tablespoons Borax diluted in water and sprayed on. Boron went from .5 ppm to .8 ppm. I will list this years additions when I make them. Tuesday, April 16 View Page I started these seeds april 14nth for an early pumpkin. Genetic project. Tuesday, April 16 View Page Tilled the patch today. This years amendments. 100lbs. calcium carbonate, 80 lbs. gypsum (20% magnesium), 50 lbs. alfalfa meal, 50 lbs. potassium sulfate, 10 lbs. manganese sulfate, 6 lbs. bonemeal. Forgot to add the borax, will add it in a till just before planting out. Sunday, April 28 View Page Both of these seeds have nothing but 801.5 Stelts in their lineage. Thursday, May 2 View Page Started some seeds yesterday. 175 Rahe 11, 100 Brouillard 12. 1072 Rahe 12 and 150 Rahe 10. Tuesday, May 7 View Page Let the fun begin. 1072 Rahe 12 (1566 Rodonis 07 x 853 Rahe 09) Tuesday, May 7 View Page 175 Rahe 11 (1054 Lawson 08 x 1004 Mohr 08) My backup plant. Go Orange. Tuesday, May 7 View Page 150 Rahe 10 (1378 Glasier 09 x 65 Rahe 09) Genetics plant. Lineage would suggest super heavy to chart. Tuesday, May 7 View Page 100 Brouillard 12 (1103 Young 11 x 125 Brouillard 10) Genetics plant. Big Orange. Thursday, June 13 View Page 863 Garrell 09. Nothing but 801.5 Thursday, June 13 View Page 429 Rahe 11. Nothing but 801.5 This will be used to pollinate the 863 Garrell. I always tell myself I'm going to pull these pollinator plants but I never do :) Thursday, June 13 View Page 175 Rahe 11. Looking good, go orange. Will be giving this one more space as I had problems with the 1072 Rahe. Thursday, June 13 View Page 100 Brouillard 12. Using this to pollinate the 175 Rahe Thursday, June 13 View Page 150 Rahe 10. This cross looked good on paper, had to try it. Hope it grows giant bowling balls. Going to pollinate this one with 1072 Rahe. Thursday, June 13 View Page 1072 Rahe 12. This is the backup plant I started. Good thing I started it, the first plant went flatvine and I'mm not dealing with that crap, pulled it. So this plant is about a week behind the others. Thursday, July 4 View Page The patch on July 4th Thursday, July 4 View Page A set on my 175 Rahe. Again really long stem. Starts green, turns yellow. Great plant. Thursday, July 4 View Page A set on the 863 Garrell. day 13. Saturday, July 6 View Page 863 Garrell pumpkin day 15, estimates 54 lbs. A raccoon scratched the blossom end. Raccoon evicted. Thursday, July 11 View Page A bit of storm damage on July 10nth Thursday, July 11 View Page High wind damage Saturday, July 13 View Page 429 Rahe pumpkin day 20, est. 95 lbs. Saturday, July 13 View Page 150 Rahe. day 20, est. 99lbs. Saturday, July 13 View Page 175 Rahe. day 15 est. 47 lbs. Likely this plant will grow my biggest this year, time will tell. Sunday, July 14 View Page 100 Broulliard. Day 15 est 48 lbs. Tuesday, July 16 View Page 863 Garrell pumpkin at day 25. Est. 233lbs. Putting on 20 lbs per day now. Tuesday, July 16 View Page Something lurks in the jungle and it is getting bigger. Thursday, July 18 View Page 429 Rahe day 25 151 lbs. est. Thursday, July 18 View Page 150 Rahe day 25 163 lbs. est Thursday, July 18 View Page Oops this is the 150 Rahe pic Thursday, July 18 View Page 175 Rahe day 20 est. 151 lbs. Best day 20 this year so far but 37 lbs. short of my PB for day 20. Saturday, July 20 View Page 100 Broulliard day 20, est. 94 lbs Saturday, July 20 View Page 1072 Rahe. day 15 est. 75 lbs. Sunday, July 21 View Page 863 Garrell. Day 30 est. 324lbs. Going well. Will likely go 600 to 700 lbs if all goes well. Tuesday, July 23 View Page 429 Rahe. day 30. est. 200 lbs. This plant might be 150 sq. ft. Tuesday, July 23 View Page 150 Rahe. day 30. est. 221 lbs. This plant is also about 150 sq ft. Ugly as a rock. Tuesday, July 23 View Page 175 Rahe. day 25. est. 276 lbs. 125lbs in 5 days. Close to my benchmark for 1000lbs. This plant is about 600 sq. ft. Wednesday, July 24 View Page 100 Broulliard, day 25, 151 lbs. Plant is about 200 sq ft. Wednesday, July 24 View Page 1072 Rahe, day 20, 176 lbs. est. I really like this number. Plant is about 450 sq ft. Friday, July 26 View Page 863 Garrell day 35. est. 376 lbs. growth has slowed. This plant is about 200 sq. ft. Tuesday, July 30 View Page 175 Rahe, pic taken on day 30,July 28th. Est.389 lbs Tuesday, July 30 View Page 100 Broulliard, picture taken on day 30, July 29th. Est. 200lbs. Wednesday, July 31 View Page 863 Garrell day 40. est. 458 lbs. Friday, August 2 View Page 175 Rahe, day 35, 488lbs est. If august is good to me 1000 is possible. Friday, August 2 View Page 429 Rahe day 40 est. 250 lbs. Big ol stem split. Cut off 1/2 of vines and gave it a great big shot of foliar potash. This one is just for seeds. Saturday, August 3 View Page 1072 Rahe, day 30, est. 360 lbs. Saturday, August 3 View Page 100 Brouillard, day 35, est. 243 lbs. Thursday, August 8 View Page 1072 Rahe, day 35, est.439 lbs. I don't really care for the shape on this one. Thursday, August 8 View Page 100 Brouillard, day 40, est.279 lbs. Nice shape and looks like it will be killer orange. Glad I chose this plant to pollinate my 175. Not bad for a 200 sq. ft. plant half in the dirt and half in the grass. Sunday, August 11 View Page 863 Garrell. Day 50, est. 524 lbs. Monday, August 12 View Page 175 Rahe, day 45, est. 668lbs. C'mon baby you can go 4 digits I know it. Monday, August 12 View Page Another angle. Monday, August 12 View Page 150 Rahe, day 50, est.356 lbs. Hey the color might not too bad. Sunday, August 18 View Page 175 Rahe, day 50, est. 706 lbs. Monday, August 19 View Page 100 Brouillard. day 51. est. 339 lbs. Thursday, August 22 View Page 175 Rahe, Day 55 est. 793 lbs. Still on track for 1000. Sunday, August 25 View Page 13' 6'' sunflower. From the 219 DeRryke 2010. #1 variety tall Got the seeds from worldclassgardening.com Sunday, August 25 View Page 13" diameter head. This was my side project this year. Grown in a wheelbarrel full of manure I tossed on the ground. Friday, August 30 View Page The patch. Monday, September 2 View Page 175 Rahe, day 65 estimate. 900 lbs. Monday, September 2 View Page 100 Brouillard, day 65. Est. 376 lbs. Thursday, September 5 View Page 175 Rahe, day 70 est. 932 lbs. Plant showing some wear but still in pretty good shape. 1000 looking very likely now. Thursday, September 5 View Page another view Saturday, October 5 View Page 979 Rahe 2013 (175 Rahe 2011 x 100 Brouillard 2012) Estimated weight was 990. Sunday, October 6 View Page 979 Rahe. Sunday, October 13 View Page 917 Rahe 2013 (1072 Rahe 12 x 150 Rahe 10) Pollinator info in next post. Sunday, October 13 View Page Looks like this pumpkin turned to stone. It was grown from one of my heavy genetic crosses. Estimated 385 lbs. Weighed 525 lbs. about 25% heavy. 525 Rahe 2013 UOW. (150 Rahe 10 x 1072 Rahe 12) Tuesday, October 15 View Page 470 Rahe 13 UOW. (100 Brouillard 12 x 175 Rahe 11) I wasn't going to bother weighing this one because I thought it would go to chart, glad I did now. It measured 368 lbs. It weighed 470, 30% heavy. If you have this seed, Grow it! Sunday, October 20 View Page 620 Rahe 2013 est. (863 Garrell 09 x 429 Rahe 11) Without going into detail, this pumpkin has nothing but 801.5 Stelts 97 in it's lineage. Sunday, October 20 View Page 250 Rahe 2013 est. (429 Rahe 11 x 863 Garrell 09) Harvested day 46 for a local fair. Monday, October 21 View Page 917 Rahe. Monday, October 21 View Page Correction on the 525 Rahe. It went 36% heavy. Discovered my error after entering the data at pumpkinfanatic.com I have added all my 2013 pumpkins at pumpkinfanatic.com Friday, November 1 View Page 620 Rahe had 14 good seeds, the rest were hollow. 250 Rahe had about 100 good seeds because 2/3rds of them sprouted. It has been hanging around since August 5th. Friday, November 1 View Page 470 Rahe. Nice thick blossom end, now I know why it went so heavy. Grown from 100 Brouillard. Friday, November 1 View Page 470 Rahe had about 400 seeds Tuesday, November 5 View Page 917 Rahe had no viable seeds :( 525 Rahe had about 80 seeds Friday, November 29 View Page Seeds available, email me. 250 Rahe 13 est.(429 Rahe 11 x 863 Garrell 09) 620 Rahe 13 est.(863 Garrell 09 x 429 Rahe 11) These 2 seeds have nothing but 801.5 Stelts in their lineage. The 620 had only 14 seeds,special request only. 470 Rahe 13 uow. + 28%(100 Brouillard 12 x 175 Rahe 11)dark orange, pollinator grew 979 Rahe 13. 979 Rahe 13 (175 Rahe 11 x 100 Brouillard 12)lots of orange in the lineage. 525 Rahe 13 uow. +36 % (150 Rahe 10 x 1072 Rahe 12) pollinator grew 917 Rahe 13. The 917 had no viable seeds. Further genetic info available here at BP. Type in the name in the site search box. Friday, November 29 View Page Also have seeds from 13' 6" Rahe 13 sunflower. (219 DeRryke 2010. #1 tall variety x open) Bought the seeds from worldclassgardening.com