PUMPKIN Carving?

Question

After carving a pumpkin, is there anything I can do to it to keep it from going bad after 2-3 days?

Answer 1

Put the pumpkin in a wash tub of cold water.
If the pumpkin is carved, put the carved part face down. Let the pumpkin float, and let the insides fill with water. The pumpkin will absorb the water and become very firm.

If you have fine detail work to do, you may want to let your pumpkin soak over night. This will firm up the pumpkin flesh and allow you to do intricate carving.

For long term storage, put a thin amount of petroleum jelly on the exposed, sawed edges. This prevents water from getting out. If water gets out, your pumpkin will shrivel. Anytime your pumpkin shrivels, soak it in a bath of cold water for one to eight hours, longer is better. Over night doesn't hurt.

Putting a little unscented Clorox bleach in the water will prevent your pumpkin from prematurely molding by killing off evil pumpkin germs.

Use a plant mister to spray your pumpkin and keep it moist. If you put it in plastic wrap to hold the water in and place it in the refrigerator, not the freezer, you can keep the pumpkin looking good for a long, long time.

Once you remove a wet pumpkin for display, you should immediately dry it off. This prevents mold from hanving a chance to grow.

Answer 2

put vasline on all exposed pices and do so daily and the pumpkin will not dry out as quick

Answer 3

Not much helps but you can use that preservative stuff they advertised for apples a few years back. Fresh fruit?? Fruit Fresh?? I think that is what it was called.

Answer 4

keep it in the fridge

Answer 5

throw holy water in it and pray

Answer 6

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