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Re: Picking a water melon
[Re: PaintRock0]
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07/17/21 10:27 AM
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nomercy
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I smell cantaloupe but I thump a watermelon.
Don't blame me for your bad decision-
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Re: Picking a water melon
[Re: PaintRock0]
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10/22/21 11:39 AM
10/22/21 11:39 AM
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Posts: 7,595 Hartselle, AL
trlrdrdave
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I just thump em. I get it, not everybody was born with the 6th sence of watermelon thumping but I was. GF didn't believe me at first but she doesn't even try any more. But I toted way more than my fair share out of the field when I was a kid. Thumpin ain't to tell if it is hollow. Ever seen a hollow watermelon? I'm sure it is an inherited trait. Papa was a thumper too. Maybe I just learned it from him. !shiloh! that is as fine a looking watermelon as I have ever seen. Yellow meated are my favorites by far. Wish I had a good one right out of the field right now.
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Re: Picking a water melon
[Re: PaintRock0]
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10/27/21 09:51 AM
10/27/21 09:51 AM
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Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 8,937 Between the coosa and cahaba
!shiloh!
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Between the coosa and cahaba
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Imo it's all in the thump. Stems and curls will brown well before the Mellon is ripe. The watermelons I grow tend to turn a dull color rather than shiny when they are close to being ripe. When you thump a ripe Mellon you can hear and feel it reverberate through the whole Mellon. Un ripe Mellons with sound tight or solid.
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Re: Picking a water melon
[Re: jwalker77]
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10/27/21 08:53 PM
10/27/21 08:53 PM
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Posts: 21,783 USA
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Freak of Nature
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Theres a little curly thing growing on the vine right next to the stem. If its dead and dried up, its ripe. Belly should be white. Thumping is checking to see if its hollow. If somebody can smell when one is ripe, theyve got a good nose. This
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Re: Picking a water melon
[Re: PaintRock0]
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10/28/21 12:14 PM
10/28/21 12:14 PM
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To know if a watermelon is ripe all you have to do is put a broom straw or pine needle across the melon and if it turns parallel with the melon it is ripe
When I need expert advice I tend to talk to myself The older I get the better I used to be
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