it takes about 2 to 4 months for it to ripen
You buy watermelon as a whole fruit or fruit that is already cut up.
I feed my horse watermelon, and she likes it and it has never make her sick or anything, so sure.
you cut them in half.
The sweetest part of a watermelon (when it's not cut or sliced) is the middle of the fruit.
A ripe watermelon will sound hollow when tapped. An over-ripe watermelon will have hollow spaces inside when cut open.
green and depends is it cut!
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.
Cantaloupes are ready to harvest when they are 16 -17 centimeters and when they start getting rough. After that they have to ripen. When they are a peach color they are ready to harvest.
You cut it open and eat the pink part inside.
a watermelon is about 92% water
Yes, if there were pathogens on the outside of the watermelon and it was cut through without washing first, the knife can push them into the part that is eaten and contaminate it.