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How to Keep Your Jack-O'-Lantern From Turning Into Moldy, Maggoty Mush Before Halloween

Matt Kasson, The Conversation For many Americans, pumpkins mean that fall is here. In anticipation, coffee shops, restaurants and grocery stores start their pumpkin flavor promotions in late August, a month before autumn officially begins. And shoppers start buying fresh decorative winter produce, such as pumpkins and turban squash, in the hot, sultry days of late summer. But these fruits – yes, b...

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Halloween is coming and in many homes they are already preparing to empty, carve and illuminate the pumpkin that will decorate the entrance, the shelf or the table on the night of October 31. The problem comes a few days later: the pumpkin softens, is filled with mold and starts to smell bad before the party. A pumpkin carved hard, usually between 3 and 5 days, although the weather and sunlight influence a lot. In a cold climate it can last up t…

·Madrid, Spain
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Hardly carved, already wrinkled: Carved Halloween pumpkins often last only a few days. Many then resort to a known budget – and make everything worse. How the pumpkin stays fresh until November and what everyday mistakes ruin it.

·Germany
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rnd.de broke the news in Germany on Tuesday, October 13, 2026.
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