Tips for picking the best watermelon from a farmer

in #food7 years ago (edited)

Hello, Lovely Steemians, So you think you can pick a winning cryptocurrency and make some money, But can you pick a good watermelon.

Let's found out how good you are, Disclaimer: Credits and image source are mentioned at the end of the post.

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Look for the field spot

The yellow spot, known as the field spot, is the place where the watermelon rested on the ground. Ripe watermelons always have creamy yellow or even orange-yellow spots, not white.

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Look for webbing

These weblike brown spots on the watermelon mean that bees touched the pollinating parts of the flower many times. The more pollination, the sweeter the fruit is.

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"Boy" and "Girl" watermelons

Many people do not know that farmers differentiate watermelons by gender. For example, ’boys’ are bigger, have an elongated shape, and a watery taste. The ’girls’ have a rounded shape and are very sweet.

I will go with the girl watermelon, just because i am a male.

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Pay attention to the size

It is better to choose neither the largest nor the smallest watermelon. Select an average-sized fruit. And note, please: large or small, the watermelon should feel heavy for its size.

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Inspect the tail

A dried tail indicates that the watermelon is ripe. However, if the tail is green, it probably means that the watermelon was picked too soon and will not be ripe

Source: http://imgur.com/gallery/SN8jl

Disclaimer: This information is not mine and the source is stated above and since I found it interesting and helpful to me I thought I might share it with our lovely steemit community.


Hope this post was informative and educational, let me know if you go shopping for a watermelon if those tips workout well with and don't forget to follow @digdaga for more awesome stuff.

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Just stopped by to UV some of your posts and check in after the great comments on my post today.

Ironically after I posted that, I left to check out a college near me, with a HUGE outdoor growing and teaching centre I had wanted to see for a long time, they must have 1.5 acres of food growing there, greenhouses, a complete apple orchard on the other side of the building and some bee hives!!!

(:

Great useful post here my man.

I UV a few of your posts just now.

Appreciate all the Upvotes as well as taking the time to check out my blog, hope I can return the favor once I get more steem. I guess you found out your free apocalypse food then, I suggest you keep living there, or might move right next to the green house.

It's hybrid brand let a look indian watermelon

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Next time i visit India, will have to try this.

Great tips. I like to knock on them and listen for a hollow sound. Also nice dark green color often helps.

Thank you @hellojohnnymac, i used to do the same till i found about those tips.

This was an awesome post. Great information.

I love watermelon. I really like the yellow type.

Thank you @kyle.anderson and hope it will be useful when shopping for one.

looks delicious. thanks for the recipe :) @digdaga

Thank you!

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@digdaga is this content yours?

It is not and credits are mentioned at the end of the article.

haha okay I saw the one for the photos but it was cheetah that seemed to catch the words

Half of my article is a disclaimer sign, warning, guess I should be adding an Extremely hazardous post now.

Haha idk. People are pretty picky here with using other people's content.

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