1. Thump it. If the watermelon sounds hollow, it's ripe. This is difficult for less-gifted ears.
2. Look at the color on the top. The watermelon is ripe when there is little contrast between the stripes.
3. Look at the color on the bottom. A green watermelon will have a white bottom; a ripe melon will have a cream- or yellow-colored bottom.
4. Press on it. If the watermelon sounds like it gives a little, it's ripe. (Rhodes doesn't like this method because it can ruin the quality of the fruit.)
5. Check the tendril. If it's half-dead, it could mean that the watermelon is nearly ripe or ripe. If the tendril is fully dead, it could mean that anthracnose or some other fungus killed the melon, or that it's ripe or overripe. If the tendril is green, you should wait to pick the melon.
6. Count the number of days from anthesis (flowering) or the number of days from planting. This works pretty well if you know the variety of watermelon and how many days it's supposed to take for that variety to ripen under normal temperature and fertilizer regimes.
7. Check the size. It's not necessarily true that when a watermelon is big enough, it's ready; but under good conditions, it should be normal size. If it's not, you're probably too anxious.
8. Crack a few. You've got a whole field of watermelons, and you can practice a little, right?
9. Is the vine dead or dying? Well, the watermelon is not going to get any riper, so you might as well pick it. www.watermelonfacts.com
The best watermelons are the ones that are the greenest. The greener they are the more ready they are to be cut into slices. Also the greener they are, the better they'll taste! If you have a garden, you know the watermelon is ready if the stem is brown otherwise, leave it grow for a while :). Enjoy your watermelon.
galahs can eat watermelon and watermelon skin!!
Smell the watermelon and if it's cut open you can look at it to see if it's ready to be picked or bought.
All kinds of watermelon seeds are safe to eat.
they have to eat an apple for a boy. for girls it is a watermelon Just letting you know, if you have the latest downloads, this has been patched and eating different foods does not effect the gender at all. - Gingerbread2480
Ladybugs generally eat other insects and are considered a garden helper insect. They do not eat watermelon.
Help yourself to some but obey the law- If you drink, don't drive- do the watermelon crawl. She showed me how to do the watermelon crawl. I'm ready for some of that watermelon!
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Knock on it and see if it feels solid or hollow. At solid it's ready to harvest and eat.
yes it does because the pink makes it not ready for you to eat my mother told me that and i agree because i don't wont to get sick surf up
Watermelon is one of the best diuretic fruits you can eat.
the sunlight!!