🍉 When to Pick Perfectly Ripe Watermelons Grown in the Garden - Best Time to Harvest Every Time!
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2020
- 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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We've missed you. Thanks for an uplifting video!
Thanks for watching David! I appreciate your support. :-)
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!
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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.
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
Awesome tip and a beautiful harvest!
nailed it again Al. Thank you
Thanks for the tips
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. 👍
Thank for sharing these ideas
Thanks for sharing
There are no bad watermelons this year...it’s a great year for it!
I’m on my ninth one...
Indeed! I've also seen excellent growth with my Passion Fruit and Persimmon. :D
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
Thanks for watching! Perhaps you have other crops that do better in your area? My Mom can't seem to grow watermelon in her area either. But they get much better broccoli than I've ever gotten!
Thank you for sharing now I know when to harvest mine
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!
Yes, the fruits of labor... :) Thanks a bunch for watching!
Yes!!! Eat the heart out!
Thank you for answering my question today. My tendril will tell!😊
Thanks very helpful ✌️
I love your videos. I wish you made them much more frequently. You do such a good job. Now I want watermelon, darn it.
Thanks for your kind words and for taking time to watch!
Thankyou 🐞🍃
VERY VERY GOOD.THANK YOU
Awesome video!
Thanks for watching Lisa! :-)
Instantly subbed when you said "sub irrigated planters"
Awesome! Welcome to my channel!! 😃
Thank you sir. Helpful as always.
Thanks for watching Uncle Dave! Hope you guys are doing well. :-)
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Wow 😲 That's amazing watermelon! Great grow!
Thanks! It was yummy. :)
Great job it looks wonderful. They grow great here in central Florida!
Thanks for watching! I hope you are safe down there! :)
Thanks. My buddy told me this trick and I had to come to the all knowing internet to confirm it. Lol.
Glad I could help! I hope you have a great harvest!!!
Middle part is alway’s sweet🙂 anyway nice grow bro!!
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
Sorry you've been dealing with such frustration. Hopefully things turn around for the better! Thanks for watching tho. :)
Thanks for the tendril tip, this is my 1st crop of round, seedless.
Ooooh! That's exciting. I hope they taste delicious! 😀
Thanks, I'll keep in touch
Mmm delicious
I'm not sure you looked at your old videos but I have a question on the video where you germinated your seeds using a paper towel. I love this method and have been watching a lot of videos to be prepared for next year. What I am having a problem with is seeing if people are direct sewing them in the garden. I want to start seeds that are normally direct sewn outside using this method. I will start them indoors the same time I would sew them outside. My reasoning is to make sure that I have germination before taking up space in the garden. This year I had poor germination rate on some of the seeds; if I could have started them using your method at least I would know I had a viable seed. So instead of planting them in the seed pots, can I put them directly in the garden?
I wish it would do a little more on watermelons I have been trying to grow watermelons out of a raised bed with no luck. I'm going to try your holy this year hopefully it'll work out. I live in zone 6 St Louis Missouri
How do you control all the bugs/pest??
Can you tell me how many individual watermelon plants you’d put in a 30 gallon tote?
If you have the large types of watermelons like the one in this video, I would probably only do one plant. But if you have those smaller mini types, you might be able to do 2 plants.
My watermelon has 2 tendrils next to the stem. One is brown half way and the other is still green and just the tip is starting to brown. Which one should i go off of?
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
My tendril is completely brown, but it’s not all shriveled and dried up. No green at all tho. The end of the tendril that is curled is really dried out tho
Can I freeze it
How about store bought watermelons . How can you tell if they're sweet ?
Good question! My video description has a few tips that can help. :-)
How many months before harvest a watermelon
It depends on which variety you grow. Some are 70 days. Some are 105 days. I suggest looking at the seed packet.
Don’t forget about the spoon leaf.
Did you grew it in your home garden.? And which variety is this? Anguria or Charleston Gray.? Do we need the same care and pruning if we grow watermelon in our home lawn.?
Please watch the video.
What’s the variety?
Yes, I mentioned that in the video.
I’ve been growing watermelon for 15 years, if you can’t separate the stem from the melon with a little pressure using your thumb, it isn’t done and is still receiving nutrients from the plant. I’ve seen the tendrils dry up well before the melon is ripe, however it can be a good indication. As well as the melon having a more dull look instead of a shiny look, and the field spot being a yellowish orange color are good indications that it’s ripe or getting close, but if the stem won’t separate using a little pressure, it isn’t ripe! You should never have to cut the stem!
That's not true. The stem on my watermelon had stayed firmly attached, yet it was clearly very ripe. Lots and lots of university extensions will say that watermelons do not slip from the vine when fully ripe in the way that cantaloupe will. Watermelons do not reach “full slip.” Cutting them from the vine is a very common practice. There's absolutely nothing wrong with doing that. Look through seed catalogues and you'll see plenty of photos of harvested watermelons that still have a piece of the vine attached. Perhaps there's something specific to the varieties you grow, but it certainly doesn't apply in the broad sense, as general guidance.