HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN WATERMELONS ARE RIPE?

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[SomeoneCommenting]

Saddest part of harvesting watermelons is when you are letting it get perfectly ripe, and just the day before you are planning to harvest it, your neighborhood groundhog had the same idea...

[NubianP]

Thank you for this video. This time of year is always the source of so much anxiety for me, because I’m always nervous about when to harvest. I’m growing 8 different melon varieties this year, and I’m still as confused as ever! 😩 Your video is the first that I’ve encountered to address the fact that the melon may not be as large as expected, but could still be ripe, so I think I may do some harvesting today. Thanks again!

[ricsgarden]

The only 100% sure fire way to know if a watermelon is ripe. Reach up with one finger and see if you can snap off the vine. The tendril is a good indicator but like you said they can turn brown before the watermelon is ripe. If you test the actual vine for dryness by seeing if it will snap off is the only real way to know if the melon is no long receiving nutrients. Trust me. You should never have to cut a watermelon vine.

[stevesmith]

"a watermelon might only produce 2-4 fruit per mate i have accidental watermelon that's decided to grow in my there's easily more than 30 melons currently lol.

[Hopalong..]

Checking the tendril has always been spot on for me.

[cutweldngrind]

I planted over 100 seeds of water melon and this is the first time I make a garden. I have about 2000 ft of rows so hopefully I can get some nice watermelons. Thanks for the tips.

[kathydobbs]

Firt time I tried to grow small round watermelon. I should gave watched a video before I cut mine off vine. I didn't know about the tendril tip. I cut mine open, and it's yellow inside😢

[cheshirebakery]

Great video! Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much!
It's our first year of growing watermelons, and we are so excited to harvest a watermelon :) We have a few fruits that are very tiny, but stopped growing a month ago. No signs they are ripe, but fingers crossed they will ripe by the end of this season - now I know how to check it :) Thank you!

[JanetHowell-fq]

Thank you for the lesson on each watermelon. I have the 2nd one (hala babba?) and it's a different watermelon than the ones my dad used to grow.

[Mutlap]

when the melon stem can be plucked off with a finger flick you'll know it's ready.

[Lifted]

Thanks for the info! Our first year growing watermelon and we have 6 so far and 4 ready🤙🏼

[KendallKD]

Orange Glo tragedy! 😢 I think the mystery and anticipation is part of the fun.

[bigtheoblake]

I like watermelon n all favor n all kind but I'm a container farmer I plant .my watermelon n container n some n the ground also I plant my sugar baby melon n crimson sweet n jublee been doin it ten years

[ryanfrankum]

Can I still Fertilizer my watermelon I think that way I not Fertilizer it

[lynnlovessoil]

Do you have a melon fertilizer schedule video?

[georgiadrummond]

My watermelon plant produced 9. Only 3 last 😢

[joshholschuh]

So how about when the melon plant has aracnarose

[ryanfrankum]

Do you know why my watermelon quit growing

[lynnlovessoil]

Do you thin your plants to 2-3 watermelon each?

[johntompkins]

He makes a state about 10 round.It's all the way brown and then he doesn't say nothing else.Should it be brown?Should it be green?You're not saying