In the field they don't stop to thump the watermelons, they just look at them." The watermelon rind often provides clues to its ripeness, Egel said. "A watermelon that is ripe will be faded on the top ...

In a recent TikTok video, In My Patch demonstrates two key signs that a watermelon is ripe and ready to pick. First, give the melon a knock and listen carefully to the sound. A ripe watermelon ...

Stemless watermelons are a good sign of maturation ... there are other simple ways to efficiently detect a ripe watermelon at ...