# How to keep your jack-o’-lantern from turning into moldy, maggoty mush before Halloween

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/how-to-keep-your-jack-o-lantern-from-turning-into-moldy-maggoty-mush-before-halloween/
- Published: 2022-10-14T09:15:22-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: The pumpkin on the right has a fungal disease known as black rot. Photo credit: Matt Kasson, CC BY-SA. Article by Matt Kasson. The Conversation – October 6, 2022. 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. […] Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com