Pumpking carving/design tips.

Step 9 Preserving your pumpkin

There are a few simple ways to make your pumpkin, along with your design, to last longer.

+apply vaseline to all areas that you cut. "all exposed areas". Get the inside too.
+Make a lemon juice spray. Mixing equal parts of water and lemon juice and spraying it on the inside and outside of your pumpkin will help keep it fresh.
+If you have room, place it in your refrigerator.

Comments

[Zem]

Will pumpkins go bad if you leave them alone till your reading to cut them? Like if I leave a pumpkin out in my garage till I want to carve it, will it rot?

[21GeeOff21]

it will rot but it will take a while. it can last for maybe 3 weeks but i would suggest you not hold on to it that long. rotting will vary on conditions and will even change from pumpkin to pumpkin. i usually get my pumpkin 1-2 weeks before halloween and i carve the night before halloween or the day of halloween. because once you carve it, especially if you have small pieces, it will rot fairly quickly.

[Zem]

Okay! Thanks!

[Zem]

Reading? Ready*

[acidaleh]

http://www.myscienceproject.org/pumpkin.html

This shows some different pumpkin preservation techniques haha!

[matt_maples]

Spraying the inside and cut surfaces with Lysol ® works very well and is quick and easy. The disinfectant keeps it from rotting for quite a long time