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.....pick a great WATERMELON!!  summer is good bass fishing, and sweet watermelon!!  what's your go-to tip?

 

ME.  I chose one with the biggest yellow spot that indicates it has been growing on the vine the longest.  and I also pick it up and it should feel heavy for it's size.   sadly, I am 50:50.  I have picked a few duds this year.  

 

how do you do it?!!

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  • Super User
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When I worked at the grocery store I had an older lady that had me pick watermelons out of the bin for her....this went on for several summers. In that entire time I think I picked 2 crappy ones. No real technique..just lucky guesses.

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  • Global Moderator
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I’ve seen people at the grocery store insist on somebody cutting it in half so they could see it. I actually like buying the halves because we inevitably can’t eat the whole thing 

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  • Super User
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I’m a thumper.   I buy the one that has the best drum sound.  It’s probably all in my head.

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  • Super User
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Spiked-Watermelon-3.jpg

May be inappropriate for rug rats.

:smiley:

A-Jay

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  • Super User
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  On 8/5/2022 at 11:32 AM, TnRiver46 said:

I actually like buying the halves because we inevitably can’t eat the whole thing 

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I buy halves or quarters too.  Lately the price has been 88 cents/pound so its pretty cheap and bursting with flavor.

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  On 8/5/2022 at 11:52 AM, A-Jay said:

 

Spiked-Watermelon-3.jpg

May be inappropriate for rug rats.

:smiley:

A-Jay

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I tried this twice, the melon never absorbed much of the booze except right around the hole, the bottle was still full so did i do something wrong?

  • Global Moderator
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I look to see if the pigtail on the vine directly across from the one I'm going to pick is dried out of not. Once they're dried, the fruit is ripe and ready. 

We grow our own and it's pretty much ruined me on buying store bought melons.

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  • Super User
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My wife is crazy about Watermelons, she'll eat a whole one by herself. During peak season I buy 2 a week.

 

Sugartown melons are arguably the sweetest on planet earth & are grown 50 miles north of here. 

 

I've tried every selection method known & it's a 50/50 crap shoot.

  • Super User
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My very favourite are the large dark green Black Diamond water melons. My uncle grew and sold them years ago. Around here, good melons are hard to come by now. Mostly all I see are the small seedless type in the grocery store.                 It's a lucky guess which ones are good. We used to thump them and listen for a hollow thud sound.

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  On 8/6/2022 at 4:59 AM, throttleplate said:

 

I tried this twice, the melon never absorbed much of the booze except right around the hole, the bottle was still full so did i do something wrong?

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Yeah, you gotta take the lid off……

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