How to pick a perfect watermelon: tips from an experienced farmer Who doesn’t love watermelon? Most people are obsessed with this delicious and refreshing fruit. Sometimes we think that unless you’re an experienced farmer, buying a juicy, tasty, fully ripe, and sweet watermelon is hit or miss. However, it doesn’t have to be if you look for a few things when you’re picking out your melon. In fact, you can tell whether a watermelon is ripe without actually cutting it. Today, we at Bright Side would like to share some tips from experienced farmers that will help you to choose the finest watermelon ever. Look for the field spot © produceguide.wordpress.com The yellow spot, known as the field spot, is the place where the watermelon rested on the ground. Ripe watermelons always have creamy yellow or even orange-yellow spots, not white. Look for ’webbing’ © Mc Thomas These weblike brown spots on the watermelon mean that bees touched the pollinating parts of the flower many times. The more pollination, the sweeter the fruit is. ’Boy’ and ’girl’ watermelons © raksina Many people do not know that farmers differentiate watermelons by gender. For example, ’boys’ are bigger, have an elongated shape, and a watery taste. The ’girls’ have a rounded shape and are very sweet. Pay attention to the size © Depositphotos It is better to choose neither the largest nor the smallest watermelon. Select an average-sized fruit. And note, please: large or small, the watermelon should feel heavy for its size. Inspect the tail © pexels.com A dried tail indicates that the watermelon is ripe. However, if the tail is green, it probably means that the watermelon was picked too soon and will not be ripe. How to pick a perfect watermelon: tips from an experienced farmer
Nice Now for the derailment ...... to salt, or not to salt.....? That, is the question! I say “Nay” to the salt.
First thing is to make sure it hasn't been off the vine for several days and sat in the boiling hot sun for days like some grocery stores show them. I like mine to be in a cooler with ice for at least 12 hours and of course salt before eatting. Al
My neighbors fam farm melons. They actually pay people to roll them to avoid the light spots. He says the buyers pay more that way. He's had the same buyer for the past decade. Buyer buys all of them, trucks them 1000miles, and still makes 5x his money. I guess rolling is a thing of the past? And yea....they gotta be fresh.....and cold. Salt only for the ones that are bland for me.
Thank you Midwinter I bought a watermelon last night and we had it today. I used the tips in your post and it was one of the best we have had to date!
No need to suffer an inferior melon. I kind of miss the old seeded torpeoes. They had a granular texture in their middle that I liked. The seedless melons are too homogeneous.
