HALLOWEEN PUMPKINS STAY FRESHER, LONGER! - Your Pumpkin Will Thank You.

Finally, the old task of desperately trying to keep your family’s Halloween pumpkin from rotting away before the big night is long, but over. There are plenty of great ways to keep that carved Halloween pumpkin staying fresher, longer. Our favorite, a new spray-on pumpkin preservative called “Pumpkin Fresh”, which you can easily spray onto the carved areas of your pumpkin, then let it dry to create a protective barrier, is by far our first and best choice. This liquid anti-fungal solution fights mold, rot and decay from overcoming your pumpkin. The Pumpkin Fresh website at www.PumpkinFresh.com shows you in full illustrated detail, how it works. It’s an amazing new product, that’s been well needed among avid pumpkin carving artist and enthusiasts, as well as traditional family carvers, for quite a long time. Pumpkin Fresh is very clean and easy to use, with no residue, and absolutely no cleanup involved. Let’s face it, we put a lot of time into that long awaited night of carving our Halloween pumpkin masterpieces, and we don’t want them to spoil, and rot before we’ve really gotten to fully enjoy them… we want them to last, don’t we? Pumpkin Fresh is definitely the best way to go, when it comes to preserving your Halloween pumpkins, for certain.

Depending on the climate of where you live, there are other various precautions that you may take… for instance, if you live in a warmer climate, a pumpkin will dehydrate much faster, which in turn will shorten its life span. We recommend that you try refrigerating it during the evening hours when you aren’t awake to enjoy it. This little task will noticeably prolong the life to your pumpkin, as long as there is room in you refrigerator to accommodate it. If room is limited in your refrigerator, a cool dark place such as a garage or basement floor will do. The important thing is to keep it cool, but not damp, out of direct sunlight, and away from any warm air, or heat source.

One other trick to preserving your pumpkin is to use artificial light, such as a flashlight, instead of a candle when illuminating it. The flame of a candle burns extremely hot; therefore the pumpkin has a probability factor of drying out, and aging much faster, especially if the top of the pumpkin is left covered, restricting the flow of heat from the candle to disperse. Using an artificial source of light is a much safer way to have fun, as well, while still being able to enjoy a lighted Jack O’ Lantern.

Some old “wives tales” have claimed that petroleum jelly works to preserve pumpkins, but that can be a messy and dangerous recommendation, because petroleum jelly can be flammable. Using a candle in a pumpkin that has a flammable substance on it can be very hazardous, not to mention the greasy ‘jelly’ film covering your pumpkin, which can get all over everything it comes in contact with. Pumpkin Fresh spray-on pumpkin preservative is created with safety in mind. It unique formulation is safe; non-flammable and biodegradable.

What ever manner you choose to keep your carved Halloween pumpkin fresh this year, remember, for children’s sake, safety should be our main focus and concern, while enjoying our happy “Pumpkin Halloween” season.