What is the best way to determine a watermelons ripeness ?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I go by the yellow area and weight. The yellow area needs to be really yellow, not whitish. And it needs to be heavy for its size. It means there's a lot of juice. Hope this helps
Livinlife
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Aug 3, 2019
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Yes it does help Thanks . I've got over thirty I'd like to give away and just rather they be good melons .
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BirdMan1
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Aug 1, 2019
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Watermelons stay at that perfect stage for weeks at a time.
Canteloupe and Musk-melons seem to have a much narrower "window" of ripeness.
I've heard "thumping" on them....but to discover the effectiveness of this method requires a lot of trial and error.
Robecology
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Aug 1, 2019
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With the thumping method I've wound up with a lot of over ripe mellons . Trial and error .
@Besalbub So what, exactly, is the sound of a barrel full of water being thumped on? LOL...take pics of your "experiment"!
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