🍉 When to Pick Perfectly Ripe Watermelons Grown in the Garden - Best Time to Harvest Every Time!

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How to tell if your watermelon is ripe in 5 seconds! Knowing what to look for when picking a watermelon is crucial if you want a sweet, juicy fruit that's bursting with flavor! There are quite a few tips out there. But my number one, most important gauge for ripeness is demonstrated in this video. When you buy watermelons from the store or farmer's market you are relying on others to decide when a watermelon should be picked. And too many times... that results in a bland tasteless fruit. 🤢 Yuk!

That's why growing your own watermelons in the garden is so much better! You have complete control over when your fruits are harvested, allowing them to be properly ripened on the vine. And when the watermelon is still connected to the plant, you can check out the most crucial factor that takes all of the guesswork out of the process.

🍉 STORE BOUGHT WATERMELONS:

When buying watermelons from a vendor, you're stuck using some rather subjective methods for determining ripeness. Here are a few common tips for how to pick a ripe watermelon:

1) THUMP - People love to tap and thump watermelons, listening for a hollow thump. But this tip is highly subjective and not very reliable as not all varieties make a soft "hollow" sound when knocked.

2) HEFT - If you have a stack of similarly sized watermelons, you can lift each and try to look for ones that feel heavier for their size. Having a scale would be a much more objective way to pick watermelons that are denser and full of juicy goodness.

3) WATERMELON COLOR - The darkness or brightness of a fruit does not help much with determining ripeness. Different varieties will have different colors. And foliage cover can cause a fruit to be lighter in color. Watermelons with full sun exposure may be more tanned, but that doesn't mean they are more or less ripe. Some people look at the sheen of the skin. If it looks less shiny and more dull, then this might be a sign of ripeness.

4) FIELD SPOT - Watermelons grown in the field will have a pale spot on the underside. This area was shaded from sunlight and never produced pigment in response. On a young, immature watermelon, that field spot will be bright white. But as the fruit ripens, the spot darkens a little into a creamy yellow color. So look for darker spots to find riper, sweeter watermelons. But what if there is no field spot??? That doesn't mean the watermelon isn't ripe. Rather, that indicates that the fruit received sunlight from all angles. The watermelon in my video is a perfect example of that! See if you can figure out why...

🍉 HOME GROWN WATERMELONS:

Common questions folks have when growing watermelon is "When do I harvest my watermelon?" It's all about the tendril baby! A quick reliable way to tell if your watermelon is ripe. When you grow your own fruits and veggies you can determine exactly when to harvest. And with watermelons, that means you have direct access to the best determinant of ripeness: The curly tendril or pigtail opposite of where the fruit is attached to the vine will let you know.

If it's green, leave it be. When the fruit is still developing and ripening, the tendril will be bright green, matching the color of the rest of the vine. But once the fruit has matured, that tendril starts to turn brown and dry out. I always wait until the tendril is completely brown and dry. Then it's good to go! 😍 I might even wait a few additional days just to be sure.

NOTE: Some sources say "Sugar Baby" requires an extra 10 days from the point that the tendril turns brown. So if you have that type, be sure to give it the extra time before picking.

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Albopepper
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I'm in my 6th season of growing watermelons and I tip my hat to farmers. Hot weather turns tendrils brown prematurely. Rain causes melons to burst. Crows will eat your entire crop when the melons are jawbreaker size. I try to rely on brown tendril, brown spoon leaf, if melon is weighty and I usually wait about 10 days after brown tendril. It's hard to tell when they're ripe. God bless you.

TexasAmericaUSA
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Yum! That looks great! My daughter has watermelons growing in her garden this year, so I just forwarded your link so she can watch this video. She picked one today that had split open on the vine. She was going to toss it to her chickens, but I asked her to crack it open right there in the garden to see if it was good or not. She cracked it on a stone, we tried it, and it was delicious! Thanks for the tips picking ripe watermelons!

fizzypop
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We've missed you. Thanks for an uplifting video!

DavidODuvall
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THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I am going to check my one little sugar baby right now!!! ☺🍉

Christina_the_Astonishing
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Nice! That was really a nice size. I liked the tip but, ours never make it to the 'tendril' stage. Liked the video and wish I had some of that melon right now. Thanx

teenaneuner
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I have a garden this year with melons and cut to already not knowing. Thank u so much I know when to pick now thank u. I am now a subscriber

everythingTnT
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Instantly subbed when you said "sub irrigated planters"

PeteCorp
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Question? May be a dumb question. But if a watermelon if picked too soon. If you let it sit before opening it up will it finish riping on its own. Or does it have to stay on the stem

cavyboy
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Thank you very much for this advice. I let my watermelon too long on the vine because I expected it to get bigger. We're in zone 7b, those days I didn't know that they are ripe even when they are very small. What you showed in this video is very good. 👍

gardentours
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There are no bad watermelons this year...it’s a great year for it!
I’m on my ninth one...

themontephone
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Yay! Glad to see your doing well! Thanks for taking the time out of what I'm guessing is a busy part of the year for you - late summer & harvest (Among other seasonal calendar changes), to share a bit of perspective and some tips. Hope your getting to enjoy the literal fruits of your labors. ;) Cheers Mate!

imedic
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I love your videos. I wish you made them much more frequently. You do such a good job. Now I want watermelon, darn it.

kele
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Yes!!! Eat the heart out!
Thank you for answering my question today. My tendril will tell!😊

cocotheo
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Great job it looks wonderful. They grow great here in central Florida!

drgreenthumb
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Thank you for sharing now I know when to harvest mine

MerlindaInAbundance
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Middle part is alway’s sweet🙂 anyway nice grow bro!!

szluhxx
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Wew, that's might be one of the bigger watermelon i have seen

My garden never got that healthy, in fact there is a lot of problems going on, for some reason i don't know, my celery seedling stalk is turning purple, my water spinach leaf is growing abnormally, it's curling inside and seem to be very prone to edema, and part of my garden is infested with spidermites. At least my chili seedling is growing nicely

tonykristhiofan
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Wow 😲 That's amazing watermelon! Great grow!

tkermi
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Thanks. My buddy told me this trick and I had to come to the all knowing internet to confirm it. Lol.

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