Will Freeze Drying + Resin Preserve a Pumpkin Forever?

[@EvanAndKatelyn]

☃🎄❄ Get our new HOLIDAY MERCH at shopevanandkatelyn.com/ ☃🎄❄ (for Christmas delivery, order by Nov 15 for sweaters, Dec 6 for everything else)

[@get5killch3cked]

Rude, US or EU but not Canada

[@TheStickyBusiness]

I would really like to see you do this again, but this time just after carving give the pumpkin a light coat of resin on the outside skin so when you froze dry it, the out side will not crack and all the moisture will just get out from the inside.

[@ashleyvannoortbell5450]

Freeze dried pumpkin rice crispies?!?!

[@runechild6638]

​@@ashleyvannoortbell5450yes

[@zeroblackenz344]

just another idea if u guys want to try it again cut the pumpkin horizontally freeze dry it once it's dry sew or staple it back together. the sewing or staples will give it a Frankenstein design

[@NickMoline]

So the Cactus Juice Nate was mentioning to you is a different type of resin called Stabilizing Resin, the idea is you put the item that has a lot of air in it inside the stabilizing resin (which does not actually harden) inside a vacuum chamber for a long time, then when you release the vacuum, all the stabilizing resin gets sucked into all the gaps that previously had air in it. You then typically bake it at a low temperature to cure that stabilizing resin. But that is not the end, you then are able to use regular resin to fully preserve it on the outside knowing that the inside is safe and secure. The nice thing about stabilizing resin is because it doesn't heat up or harden on its own you fully submerge it in the vacuum chamber and leave it in there for hours, then all the leftover stabilizing resin left in the container you can reuse for future projects so it lasts a lot longer than epoxy.

[@AlexaFaie]

This comment needs more likes so they see it! Fantastic breakdown on what the product actually is and how it works so hopefully it would get them that step closer to perfect pumpkin preservation.

[@fawnandgames]

yes! bumping this for attention.

[@IdrisUndomiel]

Bump!

[@mvl8209]

I had to scroll a bit to find your comment (not that I was looking for it, I had no clue) So just like the others I'm bumping!

[@CraftyTheFox]

bump

[@RedstarIsHere]

Idea for next year: Cut different color pumpkins into sections and then frankenstein them all together! A pumpkin homunculus!

[@shalottmuse9211]

A hopumpuculus! 🧟‍♂

[@learnasienes2983]

A homunculus !

[@bingonight1504]

A homumpkinus!

[@Macabrellian]

HIVEMIND! I just had the same idea, except taking apart and reconstructing one full-sized pumpkin instead of multiple.

[@I_seriouslydontcare]

I can think of orange and white, what other colours of pumpkins are there?

[@jarekreagan-walls7156]

I have watched these every year with my twin brother. Last year was really funny because you had the pumpkin named Bean, and that is one of my brothers nicknames. He, however, passed away a few months ago, and it's been an incredible struggle ever since. I was a difficult choice to watch this video, as it is the first without him, but what really got me is that you have a pumpkin named Sprout this year. That has always been his online name, and something memorialized with him. I know it's just a coincidence, but it felt important and made me cry. I just felt that was worth sharing. I love you guys, and I can't wait to see how these turn out. 💚 Edit: Thank you all so so much for the love. I didn't expect it, and it means a lot. 🫂

[@pearlygirl88]

Sending you a hug friend. I’m sorry for your loss.

[@dragonbowlsupper]

That's so sweet. Thank you for sharing his story.

[@melanieevenson2342]

❤️

[@theotterone4647]

All my love ❤❤

[@signalred]

I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm also going through the grieving process right now, my mom passed away a few months ago as well. So I know how hard it can be to make the choice to do the scary/emotional thing, and I'm really proud of you!

[@LogicalNiko]

The spot on the bottom of the pumpkin is where the flower was. The pumpkin blossom was pollinated and then the seeds develop at what was the base of the flower. As it grows the flower withers away and falls off, but that point leaves a scar. You will find the same on zucchini, squash, pea pods, cucumbers, and so much more.

[@conniemorris109]

@@LogicalNiko came to explain, was pleasantly surprised someone already had!

[@jacobjohnston3829]

So its not the butt, but really the cucci :O

[@rimarue1696]

Make me think of belly buttons on people. I do wonder if they were talking about the hole that was in that spot though, because the small hole came from the drill.

[@ThylineTheGay]

@@rimarue1696 they were talking about the markings/discolouration around the drill hole

[@tamfang]

Pretty much any fruit

[@nicolekarpov4037]

An Idea for next year: Cut up the pumpkin in irregular pieces so it looks like as if the pumpkin shattered. Freeze dry those pieces and glue it back together with red glue as if the pumpkin is bleeding. Then put it in resin. This way is possible to freeze dry a normal sized pumpkin and encase it in resin!!!!

[@SethCohn23]

@@nicolekarpov4037 stitch it together and it's totally on theme: frankenpumpken, or Sally (Blue pumpkin for the win)

[@alis1697]

love that idea. I hope they see it!

[@michaelamackovaa]

Franken-pumpkin

[@nicolekarpov4037]

Or put it together with spaces in between and encase it in resin with a light source on the inside, then at night the light would highlight the cracks making it look like a shattered ghost pumpkin.

[@rattttttttttttttttttttttt]

YOOOOO!! This would be SICK!! 🩸

[@heymimi1]

I work with freeze dryers. We avoid the condensation problem by leaving the freeze dryer closed under vacuum until the chamber has reached room temperature. Both pumpkins look really good! Excited to see how they will age

[@EvanAndKatelyn]

Good information to have! Hopefully if we do this again in the future, we'll have enough time to do that :D

[@EvanAndKatelyn]

that ended up working pretty well when we tried that! good to know it's what the professionals do

[@JanSchattling]

How could you not know this? It's literally in the manual that way! It's also programmed in the freeze dryer, so you had to manually stop the process before it was done. A normal tray takes a minimum of 18 hours with prefreezing, so I would assume two whole pumpkins would take three days in there. @@EvanAndKatelyn

[@mariahahn9657]

@@JanSchattling how often do we see evan just throw the manual away, thinking he did it again, as he does all too often

[@aaliyahsapien4392]

@@EvanAndKatelyn you should name your freeze drier “Fred” and put googly eyes on it

[@shivasriraagbalannagari2069]

Please don't stop making these. I wait the entire year for Halloween just to watch this. I would appreciate it even more if you'd make a series of episodes of the entire process so I can binge watch all of them

[@Duckyperson1]

@shivasriraagbalannagari2069 haha at first I misread it as please stop making these. Words are hard (for me to read). I agree that I also look forward to these!

[@AxolotlQueen]

I misread that as "please stop making these" as well 😂 I was like "how is this going to be made problematic, pumpkin abuse?"

[@IonIsFalling7217]

Saaaaaaame

[@Everlucky_Clover]

i say we start sending them wardrobes so they have more closet space for all the pumpkins. then there is no excuse to stop making more >:D

[@glenmorrison8080]

18:42 Hi. PhD in botany here. So the seeds start as "ovules" which you can see in the "ovary" within the female flowers. They look like little transparent tiny seeds sorta. For the ovules that get fertilized, they develop into the seeds, and the ovary develops into the rest of the pumpkin fruit. So yeah, they are "born" with all the seeds they'll have, or more accurately, with _more_ than they will usually have developed in the end.

[@uncommon_nettle]

I was looking for the answer about seeds!

[@seerofallthatisobvious1316]

"Pumpkin time, pumpkin time, pu, pu, pu, pu, pumpkin time"

[@rionka]

😲🙏🥁

[@EvanAndKatelyn]

hahaha

[@Chandublox._.]

omg 15 min ago hiii 😂 it's 1 am I need to go to sleep 😅​@@EvanAndKatelyn

[@irenefitzgerald5175]

@@EvanAndKatelyn new pumpkin T-shirt idea why did you poke me that way lol

[@andreak7001]

😂

[@DM-yc3ls]

with what you guys said about the pumpkins developing seeds pumpkins don’t actually develop more seeds as they grow; instead, the seeds that are initially present in the small pumpkin get bigger and mature as the pumpkin develops. When a pumpkin first forms, it already has a predetermined number of ovules (potential seeds). As the pumpkin grows, these ovules develop into mature seeds, increasing in size but not in number. The final number of mature seeds can vary depending on factors like the pumpkin’s health, environmental conditions, and genetics, but once the ovules are set, the potential seed count is essentially fixed.

[@zero176]

woah pumpkin biology

[@dado__]

Fun fact: this is true for humans as well. Once our oocytes are made in utero, we can never exceed that number. A large chunk are reabsorbed before birth and from birth on almost all of them will die before maturing into an actual egg that exits the fallopian tubes during ovulation.

[@Congiary]

Amazing, thanks for the lore!! 😂

[@EvanAndKatelyn]

interesting!

[@whatthefridge1o1]

Does that mean that those giant pumpkins only have like a handfulk of seeds?

[@BigKicksMix]

I have used freezedrying for conservation of archaeological objects. If you want them to keep their appearance and not rot then there are some extra steps before putting them in the freeze dryer. 1. Cleaning and a bath in some kind of antimicrobial (optional) 2. Impregnation to replace the water in the structure. I’d suggest with low molecular weight PEG or glycerin Slowly freezing outside the freeze dryer is also a good idea Then once in, the way to make sure they are fully dry is to weigh them each time you take them out. Plot a graph of the weight and they are done when the weight levels out and stops changing.

[@sallyoldford9237]

Replying to boost this comment because I think it’s useful

[@abelnemeth4346]

@@sallyoldford9237 That was my thought too. There is this process of turning living tissue into plastics, that is probably the best looking way, because it replaces the water in the cells with other substances which could later be hardened.

[@BigKicksMix]

@@abelnemeth4346 Yeah basically anything that replaces the function that the water is performing wrt the shape. Otherwise you are pretty much guaranteed to get a lot of shrinkage and therefore cracks if it’s anywhere near fully dry. It can also take a lot longer than you think which is why measuring the weight to see when it stops changing is the best way rather than just going by how much weight it has lost. I’d also recommend plotting the size to monitor shrinkage when doing small scale tests. Comparing shrinkage between different impregnation methods / solutions is going to give the best prediction of final outcome

[@clairepettie]

If you had given me a thousand tries, I still wouldn't have guessed that the missing step in the yearslong attempts to preserve a pumpkin in resin was to first impregnate the pumpkin.

[@BigKicksMix]

@@clairepettie noooooo 😭😭😭😭 reading so many papers about this completely normalised that term for me i didn’t even think about it should clarify that it’s mostly wood that this has been studied on it just should work similarly with any organic material oh god im not making this sound any better

[@sarahspinetta]

16:15 I have been farming in California for 15+ years, growing all kinds of crops and vegetables. It’s always fun to share about how things you see in the market actually grow! Pumpkins grow on a long, creeping vine (covered in tiny hairlike spines) and starts with a single origin/main root system where the germinated seed sprouted, but also self roots as it continues to spread (if you have houseplants, similar to how a pothos sends out air roots). From that vine also grows leaves which are somewhat flat and broad, providing shade to the delicate flower buds which are found close together. There are also curling tendrils which work as anchor points, in addition to the roots along the vine stem, that the plant uses to secure itself to nearby objects, like a trellis or other plants. They are surprisingly strong! The “butt” of the pumpkin is actually where the flower bud opened and was fertilized…leading to the development of an immature fruit which later grew into a pumpkin, likely green at first before ripening into the common orange color. Imagine blowing up a balloon! The top of the pumpkin is the part which is used to make a lid when carving, often found with the small bit of stem for aesthetic purposes. That is where the fruit attaches to the main vine. The pumpkin vines are also incredibly strong, able to self-support the weight of a decently-sized pumpkin (15-20 pounds) hanging down from a height. Most growers prefer to let the plants remain on the ground, but I love training mine up a trellis. Other squash, pumpkins, gourds and cubits grow in similar fashion. edit: added timestamp :)

[@islausvakangas3832]

THERE'S ANOTHER PRESERVATION METHOD!! I can't put the link in the comment but Body Worlds, who make exhibitions with plastinated real human and other animal body parts and bodies, explain their plastination method on their website!! I don't know if it can be used on a pumpkin but it seems promising!

[@Randomstuffthekid]

Didn’t have anything but this guy has a good idea

[@tillytakestallys]

i heard about body worlds a few weeks ago, my god that would be strange on a pumpkin LOL

[@sebastienquirion3257]

Came here to say exactly that! Year after year I look at their attempt, and keep thinking that as long as there is water left in the pumpkin's cells, it's going to deteriorate over time. Not sure how doable it is on a pumpkin in a garage, but they have another year to figure it out! ;)

[@Congiary]

Ohhh interesting, commenting to boost this.

[@BlueGangsta1958]

Just fyi if anyone plans to go to a body worlds exhibition: some of the bodies have dubious origins, such as political prisoners in China or homeless people. Please look into the controversies before attending

[@themissingcastle]

I can't believe that I've been watching y'all so long that I've seen each pumpkin become real. I'm so excited for another episode.

[@charlconr2400]

ITS HERE PEOPLE

[@Vocacash_]

is that a overkill pfp?

[@ChickenGtag123]

Finally!

[@leftinwind]

YOU'RE THE SAME GUY FROM THE VIDEO 3:15

[@excrubulent]

REMAIN CALM

[@e.meakin102]

@@charlconr2400 ITS FINALLY HAPPENING!!!!

[@endunry]

Im not that into crafts and resin. But every year im delighted to see those two faces in my reccomendations and see the progress of this project and then im binge watching your past videos over the past year

[@krumpits]

i love looking forward to the never ending pumpkin preserving crusade every year!! Edit: i think ice cube pumpkin is still the best as far as preserving the color of the pumpkin goes, but this was a pretty good result!

[@coltynstone-lamontagne]

Yeah the best part of the new one though is that you can use it like a normal pumpkin

[@sunflowers_wren]

@@krumpits she has an UA shirt

[@AsherJohnson-k1i]

YES BABY!!!!

[@Mark_Agamotto1313_Smith]

The scaring on the bottom of the pumpkin is where the flower was attached to the pumpkin, the Stem is where the pumpkin was attached to the plant. Edit: Thanks for the likes and replies, I can't Believe this got this big SO fast! I am MOST honored!!

[@JordanSugarman]

Yup. The pumpkin is the swollen ovary of the female flower.

[@DasVERMiT]

Yep, it's often called the "Blossom End" Basically all fruits have them.

[@BishopStars]

That's where a pumpkin excretes its flower 😊

[@rebeccaabram2312]

So would that make it the belly button rather than the butt?

[@LeviWithV]

Yes, belly button

[@Pomudachi]

I BET if they freeze dried it halfway to where it still looked good and THEN put it in silica for a few days it would be perfect. Because its the too quick drying thats cracking it. Also the silica didn't work the last time because it was overwhelmed with the high amount of moisture. But if 60% of the moisture is gone the silica could do the rest

[@wonkyelsa]

I thought that too!!

[@alveolate]

if slowing down the drying is better, they should turn off the heating of the metal plates in the freeze dryer. i'm not 100% sure the appliance itself has that option... if they can't switch off the heating directly, they could still wrap it with some insulation to prevent the heat from directly radiating into the pumpkins i guess? RIP their electric bill tho. btw, technology connections did a loooong video about freeze dryers

[@Lu-li1ei]

As far as I understand it's the heating that evaporates the moisture out, if they turn it off then it won't get dried

[@alveolate]

@@Lu-li1ei nope, the heating is to accelerate the sublimation of frozen ice crystals into gas in the vacuum. it sounds counterintuitive but we don't live in a vacuum... the entire point of freeze drying is to use this property of water ice sublimation to remove moisture. this happens in normal atmospheric conditions (if you have any really old ice cubes in your freezer you will notice that they shrank quite a bit) but really very slowly. sublimation happens a little more quickly if there's a vacuum, and a little more quickly when there's heat as well. afaik, those expensive freeze dryers have a cycle where they alternate between freezing and heating using some sorta optimisation algorithm, which means they do turn the heating on and off automatically already. without heating it will just take longer to sublimate, but it will still be faster than your non-vacuum freezer.

[@chloesibilla8199]

2:23 I love how they both immediately said "yes". They simultaneously had a flashback

[@WorrilessWildflower]

I can’t believe I’ve been watching your channel for this many years! I’ve been here since before the beginning of this pumpkin journey. 🎃 Edit: I’ve been watching since I was around 13 and now I’m about to turn 20.

[@freedfg6694]

How many years ago was the potato cannon at this point?

[@connorcreasey6439]

Same I have been subbed since Evan fell through the roof 😂 time flies

[@WorrilessWildflower]

@ they said this is the 5th year 😱

[@chaos-sy1kq]

i think i was too!! i know my first video was the catio but ive got no clue how old it was when i watched it, and ive watched so many of their videos now that it feels like ive been here since the start honestly edit: seeing nate was crazy though, because i think it was watching so much TKOR that got E&K into my feed!

[@danielamoreno712]

I think the first video of theirs I watched was the rainbow resin desk. Can’t believe it’s been that long.

[@dancardin2087]

number 3 looks perfect. The irregularity of the cube makes it look like a real ice cube, and he's holding up the best color-wise

[@reaperofburgers]

That one has always been my favorite

[@onitramt77]

@@reaperofburgers same. Love that he looks like he was frozen in an ice cube.

[@diekerydock]

Yeah, I agree with you that one named Chunk.

[@sampdesigns]

HE IS BEST PUMPKIN BOY

[@davidvdbergen]

If they used the cnc to flatten the surface he will be perfect. Or pour another one using the same method but build a more heat resistant moldbox

[@Old_and_Wise]

You should look into using stabilizing liquid to soak into the freeze dried pumpkins next year instead of using regular resin. Peter Brown (here on KZbin) often uses it to solidify porous materials before he turns them on his lathe or uses them in his own various resin projects. Stabilizing liquid would also open up you guys to more creative possibilities!

[@Ender_Lotus]

They could also do a test of putting the pumpkins in the normal freezer before dry freezing them to see how it turns out too

[@LysolMyFace]

I’m constantly reminded by these videos, that even though they are in the same creator niche, that doesn’t mean they consume that content. Thus they still haven’t seen Peter Browns videos and tried stabilising resin. But fingers crossed for next year! Hopefully they can apply multiple methods they’ve tried along with stabilising resin!

[@vectoredwolf]

I've been saying this for years. Literally watch every year to see if they do it and they haven't yet. Probably cause they know it would work and then there would be no more videos about pumpkins? IDK. I'm being silly. Still hoping they get it someday. I got excited with the penetrating resin this time. I thought that was it.

[@pinkerbot]

As Nate said, cactus juice!

[@CapOfXav]

@@LysolMyFace Stabilizing resin (cactus juice) does require to be put in an oven though, something a pumpkin may not get out of unscathed

[@Solanaar]

ffs, I can't explain how attractive people are who have fun, are passionate and don't take themselves too serious. Just seeing you two interact raised my mood tenfold! Keep doing and sharing what you love!

[@lilastormsend4537]

for pumpkins, the 'butt' is actually where the flower used to connect. if you look at a pumpkin flower, theres actually male and female ones, and on the female flowers, you can see a lil pumpkin at the very base where they connect to the vine! also semi helpful if you didnt label your vines (speaking from experience), but the point is, the flower gets pollenated, and then withers, and as the pumpkin sizes up, the flower eventually just falls off, and then the fruit scars leaving behind the 'butt'. Fun fact also, pumpkins, watermelon and bananas are berries, but strawberries are not!

[@gloriouslumi]

Yup, it's known as the "blossom end". It's how virtually all fruits and vegetables grow, from tomatoes and cucumbers, to apples and oranges.

[@EmotionalSupportChaosDemon]

Raspberries and Blackberries also aren't berries! Also, what's the difference between a male and female pumpkin? I know there's male and female peppers too, and it's dependent on the amount of splits or different sections on them.

[@lilastormsend4537]

@@EmotionalSupportChaosDemon to my knowledge the only difference is the flowers. only the flowers that have baby pumpkins make them, though grain of salt on that one, as im no proffessional

[@sna_officiai]

Thank you so much that was very helpful

[@moyetlicious]

​@@EmotionalSupportChaosDemon there aren't male & female pumpkins, it's the flowers that have the relative anatomical differences. Basically they're plant genitalia, the male flowers arrive first and supply the pollen (& nectar) for pollinators to take to other vines, female flowers arrive later in the vine's growing season in an effort to avoid self pollination. As far as I know this is the same for all cucurbits (the family of vining plants which produce melons, cucumbers, squash etc) though I haven't attempted to grow all of them 😅

[@skylerwhite1193]

My favorite tradition is backkkk!!

[@jellicat16]

Maybe try making a pickle pumpkin next year? (like somehow get a large enough jar and preserve it like you would while making pickles)

[@TheVermilliaFamily]

Pickling a pumpkin sounds interesting, but BOY would it smell!

[@silent_day]

It would look extremely cursed, so I think they should do it LOLLLL

[@fynn2350]

I'm wondering if there is some way to light it from inside the jar. Not sure how fairylights would respond to being submerged in pickling liquid. It would definitely look eery as hell if you could place lights within the jar, but probably the acid would kill the circuitry around the batteries etc. And opening it up or having a wire run into it would make it much less shelf stable. Probably lighting from underneath or behind would be the way to go. But I can totally picture it, with the pumpkin being submerged in slightly mucky looking liquid with some loose herbs and leafs swirling around it.

[@WizardRabbit861]

I would love to see a pumpkin floating in a jar

[@Everlucky_Clover]

@@TheVermilliaFamily once sealed NEVER open it again lol

[@glenmorrison8080]

29:10 Botanist comment. I think the crap your seeing on the surface is a waxy cuticle that is cracking as the pumpkin dries. You could try scrubbing the pumpkin with some solvent capable of dissolving waxes, and it might come right off.

[@deynaweatherly4331]

39:38 take the control now and set him fully into a block of resin

[@BellefromOz]

He deserves it since he has survived

[@zlaynie]

Yuuuuus

[@sunflowerbug737]

Yeses!

[@BlackCatBritt]

yeah I was waiting for this step and they didnt do it lol

[@meganjs]

We need a video where you try freeze drying different foods !! Gotta help cover that cost 😅 Also Katelyn coming home to joobie🥲🥲 I just know she was extra needy YES YOU DID IT !!!

[@verminter]

Freeze dry different foods - THEN MAKE RICE CRISPY TREATS WITH IT!!!

[@intent2modulate]

​@@verminter Heck, they might as well freeze-dry a rice krispies treat, too!

[@mon4711]

Yeah, freeze dried fruits are so good!

[@Maya_Unplugged]

1,1 million views in 1 month - don’t worry about the costs.

[@graciehoward3945]

I'm so excited for another pumpkin video, I hope they never stop casting pumpkins. Also, these sponsors better pay these two very well because the effort and time spent on these skits is remarkable. I want an entire episode of Love Peninsula next!!

[@EvanAndKatelyn]

haha thank you!

[@elizabethp2395]

@@EvanAndKatelynYou should have an entire channel dedicated to Love Peninsula!

[@Marctron]

I don’t always watch your vids but when I see a pumpkin I’m clicking in. Been following this saga for years I feel like.

[@ryan_j_peck]

"How long were you going to let me struggle?". No joke, that was the best line/line delivery in channel history, it was so genuine!. I may have re-watched that a couple times. That whole short sequence was the best.

[@amwehr86]

There's a couple techniques to drying gourds for making birdhouses and other art that can be applied to pumpkins as well. It takes time, but it's another method to try and worth looking up.

[@marcantoinejean01]

next you should try submerging the pumpkin in mineral oil in a vacuum chamber so that the oil replaces the water and the pumpkin can keep it's fresh/humid aspect and color, kinda like how they make industrial pickles, then dudududu resin time... that should give you the ultimate result.

[@lachouette_et_le_phoque]

Do you mean submerging the dried pumpkin in mineral oil? Otherwise I'm pretty sure the water will just repel the oil and it won't really do anything other than making it greasy. I imagine the resin won't stick to a greasy pumpkin either. I liked the suggestion someone else gave in a comment above to plastinate the pumpkins next.

[@bingonight1504]

Industrial Pickle is a cool record label company name

[@marcantoinejean01]

@@lachouette_et_le_phoque i mean putting the pumpkin, submerged in mineral oil, in a vacuum chamber, the water in the pumpkin will evaporate and when pressure is restored, the mineral oil should seep into the pumpkin and replace its lost liquids. once the pumpkin is taken out and towel dried it should be good to be encased in a resin cube (since a wet fresh pumpkin was ok to do the same to). now with mineral oil instead of water in the pumpkin fiber, it should not rot and shrink away from its resin cube. yes, it will be greasier to the touch than an untreated pumpkin but i don't see that being too much of a problem for encasing it. in absolute terms, the plastination solution is superior but in the context of a youtube video i worry about the complexity of this process (and the cost), it could be overkill imho. but yeah, in perfect lab conditions PLASTINATE AWAY. also, a pumpkin doesn't really have that much fat content (that you'd replace with plastination) so removing just liquids with a vacuum should be enough for preservation purposes.

[@blobfish_art5366]

18:55 I have been watching you guys since you blew up, its been great watching you grow and become full time KZbinrs. Its like a stake to the heart seeing an AI backdrop being used for decoration when you can spend $2500 on equipment for a video but not a $50-100 whatever for a backdrop to support a real artist. I consider you both to be artists and this genuinely gave me such an ick.

[@blobfish_art5366]

I know its just a backdrop and I still enjoyed the video, I just hope this isnt' going to be a common trend for them and I hope they will support real artists when they want to use their art (since AI is just mushed up artists work)

[@bobblebardsley]

I'd love to see you freeze-dry a bunch of other microneedled things, it's a pretty aesthetic effect. Maybe oranges/lemons/limes then hang them on a Christmas tree as decorations...?

[@EvanAndKatelyn]

that'd be interesting to try!

[@TT-_-]

Ooh, red apples! Those are also traditional christmas tree decorations

[@turntechhh]

an important staple of E&K videos: the amazing sponsorship skits (and the make fail make fail make fail, of course) your guys' videos make me so happy!!!!

[@_jin4323]

What's absolutely wild is a couple of days ago after watching Technology Connections freeze-drying video, then watching your saving the pumpkin video i thought about commenting why yall havent tried freeze drying it. Im so hyped for this!!!

[@pjohnson21211]

and neither of them paid attention when he said to (paraphase) "don't let your spouse buy one"

[@Dougiewoof]

I Love tech connections

[@stropheum]

Love how they brought someone on, asked for advice, got recommended a specific product, and did their own thing anyway xD

[@abagailboone5281]

I'm at 00:11 and all I know is I want his name to be shivers🥺

[@jennahbright19]

Yes!!❤

[@ZooeBear]

Yaaaaaas😮😮😮

[@polinastroikova9551]

Yes!!!

[@miaa360]

YEAHHH

[@lemonada43]

WE SHALL COMMENT THIS!!

[@frederik_probst]

For anyone wondering 16:25 it is the spot where the blossom is attatched. When the pumpkin grows, it then wilks away and this spot on the bottom remains.

[@CrystalFier]

I stg I read that as walks away at first🤣🤣🤣

[@Irisbray44]

I was about to say this, thank you.

[@Eliza_and_Odin]

I am so glad the pumpkin butt question was answered here!

[@NoThankUBeQuiet]

I was gonna say that. I don't know pumpkins but I do know watermelons and that's how they grow too

[@SuDaixi]

YES! Finally we can ask you to make a bunch of freeze dry experiments. Please please! Your weird cooking experiments are already fun but I want to see the use of freeze dryer in some of them.

[@meldixj]

You can use all the old ones to decorate your porch! I'm sure the kids in your neighborhood will find it fun to learn about all the experimentations

[@Kaven563]

Guys I needed this so bad, my week has been horrible and this is making me so happy, genuinely thank you guys for the amazing content you create it makes my life better ❤

[@EvanAndKatelyn]

hope your week gets better!

[@Jacob-WD40]

"We'll freeze it in liquid nitrogen!" I'm sure this could never go wrong. "OH NO IT'S CRACKING!"

[@EvanAndKatelyn]

hehe whoops

[@lisehendrikx7058]

33:55 Lmaooo I watched, paused and read ALL of the credits. I always love how much extra effort Evan and Katelyn put in their editing! It’s completely unnecessary but so much FUN!

[@EmilyExplosion27]

Thank you for this comment. Because those credits had me cackling.

[@stephmacmillan7952]

The *Evan reconsidering* at @10:18 absolutely sent me lol - we've all been there. This was so funny

[@brandonbreaux1296]

I saw the thumbnail, and immediately I thought: “Okay it’s happening people! Everybody stay calm. EVERYONE STAY CALM!” It’s supposed to be one of those “The Office” meme, I hope I got it right. Generally energy, TLDR: I AM THE EMBODIMENT OF EXCITED!

[@carahr9413]

28:00 “We can’t protect them forever!” “Noo” Sprout in a deep voice “Papa”

[@MilitaryBarbie11]

23:06 "If I saw a red flag I'd paint my nails to match" goes hard ngl

[@Lizlodude]

21:40 For real. They go and make stuff for boats, then Xyla comes along like "oh hey I bet this will work great for rockets" and then you two come along with _pumpkins_

[@monika-we8tx]

6:29 that's so sweet of yall 😭 "thanks for making me happy."

[@ecf6748]

Omggg the annual pumpkin video is hereee!!!!!!

[@leon-set]

favorite part of my year tbh i love evan and katelyn for keeping this tradition alive

[@notstonedenough420]

PUMPKIN TIME ‼️‼️

[@-ellieille-]

Pumpkin time! Do do do do pumpkin time! 🎃

[@AshlaBrawlout]

DO DO DO DO PUMPKIN TIME

[@THAT_ONE_GOOSE_AND_DUCK]

The best of the pumpkin children, but tbh Chunk 1 looks really good and vibrant, and other then the fact, he looks like he is stuck in an ice cube.

[@hotpinkcrayolas]

My cat Squeak crossed the Rainbow Bridge in August this year. I am honoured to see her namesake as the control pumpkin xx

[@mariannatatarska1140]

I'm sorry but now this vid is a ray of light hope you're okay 🤍🤍🤍

[@jaysonken686]

Hello I'm really much impressed by your profile. I don't normally write in here but I think you deserve this compliment. You can send me a message or I can add you up on Instagram if you don’t mind?

[@EvelynnEleonore]

Having watched technology connections video about freeze dryers recently before starting this one is the golden path

[@tripletoruses]

i'm so glad i'm not the only one

[@MissySimpleM]

Yes i was like oh I am a freeze dryer connoisseur now😂

[@pandaescarlate7268]

22:18 omg becca is so iconic

[@BootsMcGee3]

27:06 A. Use a stitch wheel from a sewing notions section? It pokes hole deeper? B. Put a carved jackollantern in silica beads for as long as necessary to replace plumpness with silica. While inside an enclosed tote with an arm and hammer moister collector for as long as necessary then possibly the freeze dryer?

[@thequeerrunner5745]

'Thanks for making me happy' aaaah I can feel Evan's genuine joy there

[@phanorkner]

The "butt" of the pumpkin is where the petals of the flower connect to the base of the stem. The Pumpkin comes from the developed ovaries of the flower (this is the same for all fruits).

[@zakuraRabbit]

I've been waiting for this all month. Truly the greatest Halloween tradition...watching Evan and Katelyn attempt to preserve pumpkins.

[@amethystjean1744]

As Evan's putting on so many layers, I am thinking "didn't you learn from the penetrating resin" and low and behold it burned. Still looks good. I can't wait to see them next year.

[@arednecksgarage]

As a owner of one of these freeze dryers they are freaking awesome and I'm sure you are going to find more projects for it

[@EvanAndKatelyn]

we wanna freeze dry more stuff now!!!

[@NiHaoMike64]

@@EvanAndKatelyn There's liquid nitrogen ice cream and there's freeze dried ice cream, what if you freeze dried liquid nitrogen ice cream?

[@mammamiia08]

Yes, yes we need another try next year. The pumpkin in the ice cube was clearly the best one this far, just make it not so wavy and ice-y! 😇

[@deemyite9334]

My boyfriend doesn't understand why I get SO excited seeing your pumpkin videos every year, but then I look at the comments and I love them. Here's my people, I love you

[@zerin25]

I just remembered this book where people used multiple layers of cloth or something soaked in a resin then tightly pressed together to be used as armour instead of steel. While I assume they were talking about tree resin, I wonder if that's something that could actually work?

[@addastra03]

I audibly gasped in excitement when I saw this notif! PUMPKIN TIMEEEEE Would also like to add that the editing in this video is 1000/10 i love the transitions and effects! Plus! I love the collab with Nate

[@WorrilessWildflower]

Katelyn: “🎶I don’t wannnna cuut any of my body parts offf🎶” Evan: “let’s get a saw!!”

[@JusticeDragon]

Sprout is definitely the best yet!! But I think the true final frontier in perfect pumpkin preservation is to follow through with Nate's suggestion to use a stabilizing resin, like Cactus Juice. You sublimate out as much moisture as possible using the freeze dryer, and then you replace all that moisture with cactus juice and a vacuum chamber. That way you KNOW that the resin is fully penetrated - at least, as much as it could be. Although, to be honest, the result may not look all that different visually. 😅 So maybe it's not a great video? I'd still like to see/know though!

[@metern]

@EvanAndKatelyn Taking out the item out from the freeze dryer before the cycle is done, you have to start all over. Im not sure what function the dryer has, but it's not the heat damaging the pumpkin. It's the freese drying process. One thing you can try is to start the vacuum process before the temperature gets too high.

[@metern]

And maybe place something under the pumpkin so it doesn't have direct contact with the heated metal.

[@marinalodi6313]

PUMPKIN LORE: they do sprout with an specific amount of seeds, the seed is every tiny ovule that got fertilized inside the girl flower ovary, which "evolves" and turn into the pumpkin itself. So as they get bigger,, the seeds, and embryos inside, get bigger and mature too. :)

[@LilNeoPlaysOreozz]

no way

[@Hylanos]

Love seeing Nate doing great. Used to watch him and Cali over there on TKoR, truly the Duke and Duchess

[@Echosofthepast0]

I was wondering why I recognized him, I haven't watched those videos in a long time-

[@nikkiewhite476]

Nate had his own channel now! Nate from the Internet. He does a lot of cool things better than before because he had creative control.

[@_MusicalDumpster_]

@@Echosofthepast0tKoR died when they left. I miss that chaos and Evan and Katelyn fill that missing puzzle piece

[@Echosofthepast0]

@_MusicalDumpster_ yeah ever since I stopped watching them I started watching Evan and Katelyn and I absolutely loved them and Joob!! /p

[@Hylanos]

@@_MusicalDumpster_ yeah i feel like they lost the plot a little after Grant passed. Made the content more child friendly. But I understand why: advertisers prefer to support safer content, and shes a widow trying to support the family. I hope all is going well and theyve found a new audience. E&K perfectly fit that slightly dangerous slightly unhinged nook very well

[@BECAUSEICAN-]

THE PUMPKIN IS HERE!!!!! SO EXCITED TO MEET THE NEW GUY

[@Chrisywith1s]

I know this series is probably played out for yall, but I so badly want to see a perfectly preserved pumpkin, I know it’s probably unlikely, I wonder how the full resin ice cube would work with the small dehydrated pumpkins. I wish you would have tried that alone with the two you did! But also I understand if you want to start a new Halloween tradition, and I’m excited to see what the next one is!

[@Femme99]

YESSS!!! FINALLY!!!! You have no idea how long I've been refreshing my page for this video! It's been WEEKS y'all!

[@AlicenRowdy]

A. I love this series B. I love your editing style, the little floating text is so cute and funny. It's like little extra jokes just for us.

[@Eutrofication]

I hope next year they go back to trying a bigger pumpkin in a resin cube! i love the resin cubey boys.

[@ge2719]

two and half grand on machines probably blew out the resin budget this year... Hopefully they can find a way to make back some f the investment on that freeze drier 😅

[@zoepierce3596]

SAME! They should dehydrate it and them make a pumpkin cube with the dehydrated one.

[@h.c.8731]

I’d like to see another attempt at recreating the success of chunk 1

[@blainesprague2365]

Can't stop, won't stop .... 39:27

[@sagegold5440]

@@blainesprague2365 yeah, just continuing to attempt to experiment and come up with the best way to do it. become experts in preserving pumpkins in resin

[@RavenIsConfused]

LETS GO HALLOWEEN IS TRULY CELEBRATED NOW

[@BeatsNotBears]

I feel like stabilizing resin is what Nate meant. You soak your porous material under a vacuum. Then it pushes it all in when you release the vacuum. The resin doesn't cure until you bake it. Talk to Peter Brown about his stablelizing setup.

[@13wolfy13]

Husband grew pumpkins this year. The little wood-ish bit at the bottom the 'butt' if you will is basically the remnants of the flower. Pumpkins grow weird, they start off as a flower, then the hip part swells into the pumpkin we all know and love.

[@geduardo_97]

Omg yeah, finally I was starting to think there would be no pumpkin video this year 😅❤❤

[@Glub2]

it's gotten to the point that by late september I start thinking about the yearly resin pumpkin and patiently await one of my favorite videos not only by E&K but also on youtube in general 🎃🧡

[@MaoMaster69]

HAVENT WATCHED THE VIDEO BUT I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEARS PUMPKIN VIDEO ALL YEAR, PHYSICALLY SCREAMED IN JOY WHEN I SAW THIS ON MY TIMELINE

[@missdire]

As soon as they mentioned they should freeze the pumpkin themselves for time efficiency, my first thought was "Liquid nitrogen?" They did not disappoint 😂

[@TheXtremeBoltGuy]

34:45 You caramelized that poor thing's insides!!

[@CIDSMusic]

what if... for next year, plant your own pumpkin... just a thought✨

[@norviller4815]

OMG, YES!!!!

[@artftw2556]

Ok, now I wanna see THIS!

[@maverickrusher4461]

They have to!!! 😭😭

[@Jake-il9sp]

5 years, IT'S TIME GUYS! Your own bean, trully your son

[@seekergreek6276]

you're A GENIUS, cmon lets do iittt

[@harrycushing]

No matter what's happening in my life, I am filled with so much joy when I see new installments of this series come up. Keep up the good work you guys ❤️❤️❤️

[@PabloZurita-yc3wz]

next year you need to combo the freeze dryer with a pressure pot so you can get a perfect resined pumpkin with no air within (pressure pot will need a sufficently sized cube mold for the pumpkin, and a slow cure low heat resin

[@right.howdoimakethat6519]

32:07 five hundred years in the future, some archeologist is going to unearth these perfectly preserved pumpkins, say, "wtf? weird ass pumpkin cult, I guess."

[@princessoatmilk]

This is the only tradition I care about.

[@iuri19961]

The editing was genius, i never laughed so much in a youtube video, thanks for this

[@kaylalea1148]

all of your merch designs are so creative and the perfect level of being merch while still being very wearable. I love it!

[@Paradiso.21]

My favourite is still Chunk 1. That bright orange incased in an ice cube looks sooo good 😊

[@bevishhh]

He is the best

[@Ajtech369]

@EvanAndKatelyn @16:17 You both are talking about a certain spot on the pumpkin that you call the “butt” however, that spot is the remnants of the flower that started the process of making the pumpkin and as it grows so does that spot just like the way our skin stretches as we get “wider”. Lastly, the pumpkin does not excrete anything after it’s been cut off the vine because the vine is how it gets nutrients, those nutrients are then processed and the pumpkin vine excretes oxygen through photosynthesis. But once it’s been cut off the vine it no longer is getting anything so it immediately starts decaying and will continue doing so unless something stops it or until it’s completely degraded into more nutrients for the soil where it’s been tossed. Because pumpkins are biodegradable/compostable. Just wanted to make sure you know that technically speaking that spot is the remnants of where the flower was and the spot where male and female parts of the pumpkin flowers met and made a new pumpkin, and the top which it was cut from is kinda it’s umbilical cord, so if you pop it off the pumpkin you can see the pumpkins bellybutton. 😂😂😂 @29:40 all you needed to do was put a pan, that comes with the freeze drier, upside down so that the heating element isn’t “cooking” the pumpkins but instead just heating them up in the vacuum. Also, freeze dried objects no packaged in airtight containers or bags will start absorbing the water that is just naturally in the air around them. So….the control will not survive, if he’s not put into a package or container to keep out the humidity of the air around him.

[@aceArwen20]

IT'S TIME !!!

[@Laura-nd2ci]

Yay 🙌 literally been looking forward to this years instalment 😁🥰❤️

[@tolsis]

I hope they don't stop

[@aceArwen20]

@ they might, who knows

[@VtuberEnjoyer9-121]

I don't want a lot for Christmas

[@aceArwen20]

@@VtuberEnjoyer9-121 uh okay