Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 47 Entries. Sunday, April 24 View Page Starting seeds. 699 Rahe 2015, and a couple of relics. 620 Rahe 2013. 250 Rahe 2013. Sunday, May 8 View Page Set out pumpkin plants today. Started a long gourd. Sorry no pics, I find windows 10 photo program to be an insufferable pain in the ass. Monday, May 16 View Page Set a unforcasted record low of 31 last night. Forcast was for 37. No frost advisories were in effect for my area. There was frost on the roof of my truck but not the hood this morning. I was that close to losing everything but somehow came out undamaged. I'll put that one in the "good luck" column. Friday, June 3 View Page Tried a long gourd, rabbit ate it. 2nd attempt didn't sprout. I'm all in with my last 3 seeds. My 620 Rahe got dug up by a squirrel. I put it in the ICU and it looks like it will make it, but way behind. My other plants were protected. So I guess the moral of the story is, I didn't have enough desire to prevent this crap from happening. Sunday, June 12 View Page 699 Rahe. Liking the warm weather Sunday, June 12 View Page 620 Rahe. Just now getting back on track after being dug up. Turns out I had voles and raccoons were trying to dig them up. 3 raccoons have been evicted and the voles have been baited with poison. Monday, July 4 View Page 2 moles have been evicted. Monday, July 4 View Page 250 Rahe on 6/24 Vine at 11' Monday, July 4 View Page 250 Rahe. The main vine snapped under it's own weight. I will train the side vine right behind it to be the new main. Taken on 6/26. Monday, July 4 View Page 250 Rahe. This is the side vine trained to be the new main. The point of the old break is the white spot on the far right. Monday, July 4 View Page 250 Rahe. Monday, July 4 View Page 699 Rahe. Monday, July 4 View Page 620 Rahe. This is the plant that was dug up and left for dead on 5/24. Thursday, July 7 View Page 699 Rahe, the chosen one. Tuesday, July 19 View Page 699 Rahe, day 10. pic taken on the 18nth. Liking the shape and stem length. Monday, July 25 View Page 699 Rahe day 15. 150" Ott. Est.81 lbs. pic taken 2 days ago. A good start. Monday, July 25 View Page 250 Rahe. day 15. 153" Ott. est 86 lbs. Really?, the genetics are almost 20 yrs old. Thursday, July 28 View Page 699 Rahe day 20. 208" OTT, est. 207 lbs. This # is 36 lbs. or 21% above my best day 20# ever. Hell Yeah. I hope I can keep this train on the track. Saturday, July 30 View Page 250 Rahe, "the relic". Day 20 204" OTT est. 196 lbs. I'm not using any additional fertilizer on this one after setting the pumpkin. Saturday, July 30 View Page And here is why. I find this type of blossom end is notorious for splitting. That's why I crossed it with 699 Rahe. Saturday, July 30 View Page 699 Rahe blossom end. I feel much better with this kind. Tuesday, August 2 View Page 699 Rahe. Day 25, 352lbs. est. 66lbs. better than my day 25 PB, about 24%. daily weight gain at about 30lbs per day and should increase over the 10 days before falling off. I sure hope I can keep it going. Thursday, August 4 View Page 250 Rahe, day 25,est. 304 lbs. Going well so far. Sunday, August 7 View Page 699 Rahe day 30. est 467 lbs. Was hoping for 500. Time for the go go juice, wait till next year is now. Wednesday, August 10 View Page Pic taken yesterday. 250 Rahe, day 30, est. 418 lbs. This is a good # for me but not as good as the 699's. Sunday, August 14 View Page 250 Rahe. day 35. est. 509 lbs. Go team relic. Wednesday, August 17 View Page 669 Rahe day 40 est. 661 lbs. Developing a crease in one of the top lobes. 7" of rain in the last 3 days. Doing about 19 a day, need some sun. Wednesday, August 17 View Page 669 Rahe day 40 est. 661 lbs. Developing a crease in one of the top lobes. 7" of rain in the last 3 days. Doing about 19 a day, need some sun. Wednesday, August 17 View Page A better shot of the crease. I hope this doesn't become a problem..... Friday, August 19 View Page 250 Rahe. "the relic" day 40 est. 606lbs. developing a sag line but the shoulders are massive, could go heavy? This one could possibly flirt with 1000. Time will tell. Saturday, August 27 View Page 699 Rahe day 50 est 733 lbs. The growth slowed on this one with the rain event last week. A bit behind my PB now. Monday, August 29 View Page 250 Rahe, The relic, day 50. est. 706 lbs. Keeping pace with the 699. This plant has had no ferts since pollination. Massive shoulders and a dangerous dill ring. Monday, September 5 View Page 699 Rahe, day 59, est. 770 lbs. Stick a fork in it, it's done, goo is draining from underneath. Monday, September 5 View Page left profile. Monday, September 5 View Page Right profile. Monday, September 5 View Page Front. Monday, September 5 View Page Time to open it up. Looks like a concave spot on the bottom split open probably about day 40 when the growth started slowing. The decay would seem to confirm that. Monday, September 5 View Page Whoooee, nasty. It would have never made it off the ground. Seeds were mostly undeveloped but I did manage to save a few. So there you have it 770 Rahe 16 EST. (699 Rahe 15 x Self) Thursday, September 8 View Page 250 Rahe "the relic" day 60, est. 740 lbs. No worries here. What dill ring? lol. Friday, September 9 View Page 620 Rahe genetics plant. aka "Time traveler" est 436 lbs. (620 Rahe x 250 Rahe) day 55. Sunday, September 18 View Page 250 Rahe "the relic" day 70 est. 788lbs. old school orange. Still holding together. Wednesday, October 5 View Page 250 Rahe "the relic" day 87. The final taping suggests it could weigh 873 lbs. I hope so. Sunday, October 9 View Page 707 Rahe 2016(250 Rahe 13 x 699 Rahe 15) Sunday, October 9 View Page At least 1 other grower grew my 699 Rahe this year. Grown in less than 150 sq. ft. 575 Partyka 16 est. Monday, October 10 View Page 490 Rahe est. 2016 (620 Rahe 13 x 250 Rahe 13)I know that means nothing so I will say there is nothing but 801.5 Stelts 97 in the lineage. Selfs and sibs and clones. Wednesday, October 12 View Page Operation Pumpkin. Carved pumpkins. I believe the one on the left is the 586 Tootle and the one on the right is the 707 Rahe. Photo credit to the Tootles. Sunday, November 13 View Page Last night was a hard freeze so I harvested my long gourd. 84" Rahe 2016 uol. (126.5 May 2014 x open)I had a battle with my lg this year. The first one got ate, the second didn't germinate and I finally germinated this one on June 9.