Why YSK: These tips may help you pick a more ripe, juicier, sweeter watermelon.

  • Margot Robbie
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    311 year ago

    None of these visual methods are reliable as these things differ greatly amongst melon varieties. The easiest way is just to knock on the watermelon like you would a door, if it sounds hollow on the inside, then it’s ripe.

    • Capt. Wolf
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      71 year ago

      I thought I was the only the weirdo that stands there spanking the watermelons, trying to find the one that sounds like a Voit dodgeball.

    • @Gerula
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      31 year ago

      This I know to be the only reliable method. Also after knocking if you squeeze it it should make a sound as something rigid starting to crack not as being rubbery/ elastic.