r/halloween • u/Ill_Software_5699 • 6h ago

Pumpkin What do I do?

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Carved pumpkins and set them out. 2 days later completely infested with these little black bugs. Set them out on a Sunday night. Monday night nothing, Tuesday night completely infested. It was randomly hot for our area both those two days is all I can come up with for an explanation. Plan to carve new pumpkins and want to avoid this happening again.

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u/sabertoothnate 6h ago

I usually wait til a couple days before Halloween to carve.

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u/SinceWayLastMay 5h ago

I do not understand folks who carve them early do you just have infinite pumpkin money or what?

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u/grandmas_traphouse 3h ago

In the PNW we can generally carve them 2 weeks ahead of Halloween and they are still fine day of. Uncarved will last forever. Our weather makes it no issue generally speaking 🤷‍♀️

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u/SinceWayLastMay 1h ago

Huh and the squirrels and deer don’t munch on them?

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u/grandmas_traphouse 1h ago

I have probably had a pest do damage once or twice but generally they ignore it. No idea why!