Once carved how long before it goes "bad"?
2006-10-10 12:56:59 · 3 answers · asked by thaluvlee1 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Peter S has a good idea. I like to use vegetable oil to cover and polish the pumpkin with or PAM before you carve it. Doing this, or with Vasoline I would guess, will double the life of the jack-o-lantern. You can do it now and it'll still be in good shape by Halloween (unless some neighbor kid kills it).
2006-10-11 05:50:00 · answer #1 · answered by college kid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not very long--but you can delay the rot by coating the inside and the cut surfaces with Vaseline. It only begins to shrivel because the moisture is evaporating. Use a Q tip to get inside the carved surfaces.
2006-10-10 21:28:30 · answer #2 · answered by Peter S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you live in the North and it is left out even one night and freezes it is toast. When it thaws it will melt all over your porch.
2006-10-11 14:53:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋