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…
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