Poor pumpkin crops mean a jack o’lantern rush

October 04th, 2007 | Category: DIY

We’ve already had a few articles approximately Halloween pumpkins that year, and we’ll continue to showcase some enlightening ideas for the coolest Jack O’Lanterns on the block. However, whether you plan to carve up a pumpkin or three that October, there’s something you need to know.

I live in Ohio, the US’s primary producer of the autumnal pumpkin crop. by the final week or so, the local news has been buzzing: due to a hot, dry summer, that year’s pumpkin yield is smaller than it should be, and among those pumpkins making it to the shelves, there are fewer prime specimens than usual. The same news has been common across all the Midwestern US’s pumpkin-producing

areas. The final year that poor for pumpkins was nearly twenty years ago.

What does that mean to you? A relative shortage! Pumpkin prices are a little bit higher that year, it will be increasingly difficult to find a large pumpkin that isn’t obviously misshapen, and sellers expect those to go relatively quickly. The bottom line is that anyone with plans to dress their Halloween manor to impress should try to get their hands on their little orange victims in the very approach future.