Triss is right, some of the plants you all found, might be added as regular plants (or in "other" ways
), but this years halloween plant won't be any "real" plant. Well, i might give you a little hint, it has something to do with the year 1986.
Besides that, there is at least one more suprise appart from this years special halloween plant.
Oh wow! Now I'm REALLY curious 
Madame X, look for the seeds that look like the first three in my signature. To be on the safe side, you should optimally get one that says "there are no known parents" and one with parent numbers specified 
Hahahaha this is so hilarious Thank you for sharing this, lamoxlamae, it will give so much new thrill to dandelion breeding
dto. Ich kann nicht rausfinden, was es bedeutet.
Aztekior, I cannot think about any other explanation. They MUST BE ALTS If the bred ones were the same as garden-born ones, Exterminans wouldn't mention "other advantages", and wouldn't say 'Spoiler' in the help thread I started. But it's only my feeling, if you have other ideas please share them. It's a very exciting topic
Hahahaha so there will be surprises 
Yay! Thank you for your reply. Now I know everything I need. It's just PERFECT
Yay!!! This can mean only one thing The bred ones ARE alts \o/
Thank you for making it so much fun This is way more than anyone of us has expected!
*Goes to send one of her parentless Jack-o'Lanterns to the Wild Garden and to breed herself a new alt-to-be*
Have I said thank you? Thank you thank you thank you 
Tru, if you look closer, buddies have bigger font And I can see in the forum that you and I are buddies 
A while ago we were told this:
Uhm, actually breeding IS the only way to get last years halloween special plant.
So, I have three questions to the mods:
- Are Jack-o-Lanterns in the Wild Garden identical to those from 2010? Or maybe they will be alts / new variants?
- Will breeding two pumpkins produce Jack-o-Lanterns identical to those from 2010? Or maybe the bred ones will be alts?
- Are you planning any NEW halloween plant, as the above quote suggests? If yes, when will it be released? And for how long will it stay?
I'm very happy about the parentless Jack-o-Lanterns in the Wild Garden. Thank you for them 
But I'm just so very curious And I want to do some FG garden planning too
So you were just figuring out the most you could possibly breed in the period of time given, is that it?
I got to thinking about why anyone would want 12 pumpkins, and when I redid my Atrium to make it look more fall-ish, I figured I could use them for a pumpkin patch. I think that would be really neat! So now I have a whole new way of collecting!
Yes, exactly, we wanted to breed the maximum number of Jack-o-Lanterns before 31 October. First 6 pumpkins could produce 3 special seeds on 24 October, but on 28 Oct they would be still on cooldown (which lasts 7 days), so that's why we would need another 6 pumpkins
Wow, so much confusion. So, Jack-O-Lanterns are in the Wild Garden and can be gotten by breeding too, yes? And what is this 12 pumpkin thing?
Let me quote Exterminans on this:
Uhm, actually breeding IS the only way to get last years halloween special plant.
Considering this information, me, Aztekior (and probably many other people) assumed Jack-o-Lanterns can only be bred. On 24 October one could breed 6 pumpkins (3 pairs) to get 3 seeds, and on 28 October another 6 pumpkins to get 3 new seeds as soon as the first ones sprout. So this is where "12 pumpkin thing" comes from.
But apparently the mods changed their mind and we have Jack-o-Lantern freely available in the Wild Garden. We still don't know if it will be identical to last year's Lack-o-Lantern, but it's under the same entry in my Compedium, so I would say yes.
Edit: Ninja'd by Aztekior
Display MoreOh wir *gequälten*
Schrebergärtner. Alles blieb im Nebel des *schrecklichen* Geheimnisses, und dann gelang Nisha auch noch im letzten Augenblick der Schleier der Verwirrung
... Und irgendwie denke ich, die glorreiche Idee hat sich erst vor kurzem spontan eingestellt. Habt großen Dank. Ihr seid die Meister.
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Oh we *obsessedly*
... And anyhow I think, only a short time ago the glorious idea has spontaneously appeared. Have big thanks. You are the masters.
Aztekior, you will need more pumpkins. The 12 you mention is only true if you get a Jack-o-Lantern from each breeding. Actually, I ALREADY used 12 pumpkins (3 jack-o-lanterns and 9 regular ones) to get my 3 special seeds. Three pairs procuced a regular pumpkin. Also, we will probably have to drop Jack-o-Lanterns from the second breeding to get the new halloween plant on 31 October The second batch of Jack-o-Lanterns will sprout between 8:30 p.m. (31 October) and somewhere on 1st November And 1st November may be already too late.
Ah and by the way, has anyone seen Jack-o-Lanterns in the Wild Garden? I'm all good with my three seeds, but I'm just curious
Yes!!! It has begun My pumpkins behaved, I have bred 3 Jack-o-Lantern seeds Only one from last year's Jack-o-Lantern x Regular Pumpkin, and two from regular pumpkin pairs I'm so happy about this Halloween event
Also, I have a question: When will the new special plant become available? And how long will it stay?
Hahaha Tolina Only 29 hours now
Yay, only 40 hours left till 24 October
Oh my! This Black Bat Flower is just gorgeous It's the weirdest plant I've ever seen. It would make such a perfect Halloween plant
Oh wow some of these orchids are really amazing
Heh I haven't thought along these lines I had no idea Mandrake has such nice purple flowers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Duda.JPG This could be really interesting Nightshade seems less attractive, but maybe it's the question of finding a better picture.
Aztekior I love your idea of a scary potato It's really creepy
So, it looks like we will be getting a new Halloween event plant. Any ideas what it could be? As we already have Jack-o-Lanterns, it won't be so obvious I must say I cannot think of any other plant related to Halloween. But if we all put our heads together, we might come up with some new ideas
lorimmel: It's only my watermark for my DeviantArt-account.
Ah I see I must say it fits perfectly to the Halloween theme
I think I remember Exterminans saying somewhere that rare x rare is impossible, rare x regular = better chance at rare and regular x regular = smaller chance at rare. If I'm right, this would mean you cannot breed two Jack-o-Lanterns together, but you can breed Jack-o-Lantern to regular pumpkin (better chance at Jack-o-Lantern), or regular pumpkin to regular pumpkin (smaller chance at Jack-o-Lantern, but it's possible to get one). But don't take my word on this, I cannot find it at the moment. Maybe later when I have a bit more time
