Tips To Keep Your Pumpkins Fresh Until Halloween

It's pumpkin-carving season, which means you'll want to keep those jack-o-lanterns fresh until Halloween, and you can do that by using a little science.

Pumpkin farmers say rubbing some petroleum jelly or olive oil on the carved and scooped out areas of a pumpkin will prevent it from drying out.

You can keep away bacteria by mixing a quart of water with a tablespoon of bleach, put it in a spray bottle and spray the entire pumpkin.

They say this also helps with mold and rotting.

Another important tip, bring your pumpkins inside when temperatures reach below 50 degrees.

Just like many other plants, pumpkins don't do well in the cold.