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Associate Professor of Mycology and Plant Pathology, West Virginia University. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

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How to Keep Your Jack-O’-Lantern From Turning Into Moldy, Maggoty Mush Before Halloween Your Health

How to Keep Your Jack-O’-Lantern From Turning Into Moldy, Maggoty Mush Before Halloween

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. But these […]

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