How many times did you purchase a nice water melon but disappointed after slicing it open? How can you look inside a water melon before slicing it open? Wouldn’t it be nice to know the gender of the water melon and how sweet it would be before you decide to purchase one?
If you’re like most people, you could use a few tips when at the market.
Here are five tips on how to pick the ripped and sweet watermelon.
1 Field Spot: Creamy or yellow part of the watermelon that is rested on the ground.
What can that color tell you? It’s almost as if it’s an inside peek, indication that it basked a long time in the sun, ripening. Avoid ones with white spots as the needed more sunbathing time before being plucked from the vine.
2 Webbing: We can thank bees for playing such as important role in this process; their pollination is what kicked things off. Excess pollination will create lots of brown webbing. A large amount of webbing is your clue that the inside is ripe and sweet.
3 Gender. Yes water melon has gender. The tall – or long ones – are males. If the water melon is plum round or stout it’s classified as female. Take a moment to guess which one is the sweetest. It’s the girl! And if it’s a bizarre shape, its’ indicate its growing was not easy process as it probably struggled for sunlight and water.
4 Size: In the case of watermelon the largest ones aren’t necessarily the tastiest. The best ones are average in size. Rule of Thumb; don’t pick one too large or too small.
)/5 Tail: Taking a final glimpse of the watermelon, we must examine its tail. If it’s green skip it. That is an indicator that it isn’t quite ripe. Instead, go with the one that looks dried.
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Thanks for sharing these tips, mrahaman. I will enjoy trying out my new "expertise" next time I shop for a watermelon. I confess I'd fallen for the "hollow sounding ones are sweeter" advice one is always given.
@bfsteem good to know that you've found the info useful. I use these tips and getting better a choosing sweeter water melon. I will also include your tips in my next purchase. Cheers!
I've never looked at the field spots when purchasing watermelon. I am glad you shared this important tip.
Cheers
Good to know that you found the tips useful. Field spots are pretty important when it comes to find the right water melon.
Did you know that water melon has gender?
Thank you.
I know that the male watermelon is usually smaller in size while the female ones are larger and taste sweeter as well.
You are absolutely right!