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Mon, Jun 23, 14 at 16:21
| so i know there are two very important things to harvesting a ripe watermelon: dried tendril and yellow soil spot however, i have two sugar baby watermelons that have these very prominent and large yellow spots but the tendril is not really dried....the yellow spots are so big that i'm very worried the fruit is ripe, and it just so HAPPENS to not have a dried tendril? i'm patient enough to wait longer, but now i'm just worried i'll wait too long thanks for any input! |
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| In my experience the yellow spot can be deceiving and if the tendril isn't fully dry and ready to fall off, the melon isn't ripe. Do the hollow-tap thing too, the sound should be distinctly different from your unripe melons. |
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