It’s that time of year where pumpkins can be a decorator’s, cook’s or carver’s best friend. Unfortunately, pumpkin pulp & seeds can cause clogs and damage to your garbage disposal and kitchen sink drains.

Here are some handy tips we ran across recently from RotoRooter to keep Halloween drain disasters at bay and ensure your pumpkins are a treat…

• Never put pumpkin pulp or seeds down the toilet, sink drain or in the garbage disposer. The stringy, sticky gunk hardens and clogs drains and disposers.
• Carve pumpkins on a thick bed of newspaper. Wrap up pumpkin-related materials and throw away in the garbage can or compost pile.
• Separate the seeds, then roast for a tasty treat. Or grow your own pumpkins by planting this year’s seeds early next spring.