Stopping cut pumpkins from going mouldy

Does any one have a sure-fire tip for stopping pumpkins going mouldy?  We have just cut our last pumpkin and as usual, in a week, it is going mouldy. Usually we give a great chunk of it away and there is no problem.  If we  cut it into bits and put it in the vegetable crisper in the fridge, it makes no difference or it goes off quicker because the cut edge remains damp.

We have tried
black pepper - fail
Wrapping in a cloth - gross
Nothing - black and slimy

All suggestions gratefully accepted 🙏🤔

When I have cut them and they have not gone mouldy it's been because they dried out. So maybe try to dry the  cut edge? If mine dry out and get a leathery crust I find they don't mould, I do have to take all the seeds out though as that area never dries.

My suggestion would be to put them in salty water.

Cut them into chunks and cover them with salty water.

I found this method for keeping potatoes from turning.

I was advised to soak french fries in salty water before cooking.  Then something came up and I didn't get to cook them.  After soaking for a day or two, the potatoes cooked up just fine.

No matter how you plan to cook the squash, just take out how many chunks you want to eat then rinse and pat dry.

Thank you Skandi and Anne.  I have a 4 L ice cream tub with pumpkin and salt water and a piece that I dried after the seeds were taken out.  I will see which suits our climate best.
Again, thanks heaps

one option i have seen my friend do who does not heat his house in the winter. only as a special thing. So it is generally 9*c  degrees in his house.

He just cuts the pumpkins/squash and than keeps cutting it every couple of days. to keep the mould from getting to out of hand. I know he manages several different squash at once which have started to become mouldy.

This requires attention every couple of days i would assume.

Other times when i cut squash i usually put the cut side down on the cutting board. This only really works when cut it in half however. The squash sort of dries out on the wooden cutting board. We however heat our house, so it has dry air in it.