Things to try next time. Before carving, clean with bleach water. After carving, slather cuts with petroleum jelly. Bring inside if it’s too hot. Keep it in the fridge. I’ve heard some people actually soak their pumpkin after carving. I haven’t tested that yet.
I usually carve my pumpkins 1-2 days ahead of Halloween at maximum. Sometimes I carve them on Halloween.
@darkzrobe@RiotDemon Thanks, chumbos.
My neighbors’ jackolanterns are still mostly solid, so I’m not sure what the deal is since we have the same weather.
We got 2 pumpkins from 1 pumpkin patch and another one from a school field trip to a different pumpkin patch. Maybe they were just bad? Last year, they lasted longer, but got pretty nasty. I remembered someone said to use some bleach water on the inside after carving to kill any moldy stuff from growing. I tried that this year and I think it made it worse. I also tried to scrape out a lot more of the inner liner than last year because I thought that contributed to the moldiness. Maybe I made the walls too thin? The sad part is we actually put some effort into these with stencils and shit.
We’ll probably go buy another one from the grocery store or something and carve a free-hand face into it. I’m not going to lube it up with KY jelly though… y’all freaky.
@RiotDemon@medz something that also seems to work is leaving the stem attached and cutting the hole at the bottom instead. Maybe it picks up nitrogen stored in the vine? Maybe it’s just lucky? Who knows, but it works for me.
edit: also, the thinner you scrape the wall the easier it is to carve, but the faster it will go bad. I do try to get all the hangy bits though, because they’ll attract insects.
I think I am going to vomit. Didnt realize I could smell stuff through the internet.
@darkzrobe So true.
All three of our pumpkins have became mushy as fuck only a week after carving them. WTF?
@medz I blame society.
@UncleVinny I blame global warming.
@medz a week is long as hell here.
Things to try next time. Before carving, clean with bleach water. After carving, slather cuts with petroleum jelly. Bring inside if it’s too hot. Keep it in the fridge. I’ve heard some people actually soak their pumpkin after carving. I haven’t tested that yet.
I usually carve my pumpkins 1-2 days ahead of Halloween at maximum. Sometimes I carve them on Halloween.
@medz My weather here is never cold enough to not to carve either the day of Halloween or the day before.
@darkzrobe @RiotDemon Thanks, chumbos.
My neighbors’ jackolanterns are still mostly solid, so I’m not sure what the deal is since we have the same weather.
We got 2 pumpkins from 1 pumpkin patch and another one from a school field trip to a different pumpkin patch. Maybe they were just bad? Last year, they lasted longer, but got pretty nasty. I remembered someone said to use some bleach water on the inside after carving to kill any moldy stuff from growing. I tried that this year and I think it made it worse. I also tried to scrape out a lot more of the inner liner than last year because I thought that contributed to the moldiness. Maybe I made the walls too thin? The sad part is we actually put some effort into these with stencils and shit.
We’ll probably go buy another one from the grocery store or something and carve a free-hand face into it. I’m not going to lube it up with KY jelly though… y’all freaky.
@RiotDemon @medz something that also seems to work is leaving the stem attached and cutting the hole at the bottom instead. Maybe it picks up nitrogen stored in the vine? Maybe it’s just lucky? Who knows, but it works for me.
edit: also, the thinner you scrape the wall the easier it is to carve, but the faster it will go bad. I do try to get all the hangy bits though, because they’ll attract insects.
@medz it works to keep stuff out. I actually just saw a video where they coated all the cuts and innards with borax. Apparently that works as well.
After Halloween, go to the craft stores and buy the foam carving pumpkins. They last forever as long as you don’t drop them.
@Pantheist ah, yes. I always carve the bottom.
Those pumpkin vs axe scenes gave me serious trauma and flashbacks to a prior video…
@Collin1000 this wasn’t even a crappy Sunday video. Friday if prime viewing and they put up this shite video…
I’m amazed that you guys continue to find the time to make these.
@Lazarpandar It’s a rerun. But I have total faith that @matthew will have something original and amazing for Halloween.
Replace the keyboards with an acoustic guitar and you’ve got yourself a damn good Wilco song here.
@ChadP It is kind of catchy. I may try to figure out how to make it my ringtone.
@ChadP I eagerly await your acoustic cover video.
@medz …