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Up-voted for that last panel, but the rot is on-theme for the holiday.
Wait to carve, but buy them early. They keep well if intact. This year instead of carving, I cut cardstock face-bits, sort of like a Mr. Potatohead, colored them with markers and stuck them on with doublestick tape. Today they’re plain pumpkins again, for Thanksgiving.
Me with my kids this year… Waited until the 28th to carve it up and still there were gnats swarming. I heard vaseline helps? I kept forgetting to buy some though so didn’t get to try. Tried vinegar and soapy water since I had those on hand.
Bleach spray is the only correct way to preserve them. Mythbusters did an episode on it. Mold is the problem and bleach is the only easy way to keep them clean.
I’ve tried slathering the inside of our pumpkins in vasaline and they still started rotting within 2 days. Wasn’t worth the unpleasant feeling of rubbing jelly on cold stringy pumpkin insides…
Well shit, I appreciate your sacrifice for the rest of us. Guess I have 360~ days to find a better solution lol
I wonder if generic disinfecting spray might help with deterring bacterial breakdown of the pumpkin? Like lysol spray or whatever
we used hairspray and it worked great
source: learned the trick from a person who had a jackolantern festival
