How do I know when the watermelon is ready?

mydogdory

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I'm a newb at gardening and watermelons. I picked one of the melons today! I thought it didn't look ripe because it was more pink than red but I tasted it and it was still the best watermelon ive tasted! Does anyone know what kind of watermelon I have? It just said "Watermelon" on the tag. lol
 

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@mydogdory CONGRATULATIONS!!! :weee I am so happy for you! Your first watermelon! You need a big blue ribbon for that....... @canesisters !!! Where ARE you?? We need you to use your special smiley talents here to pin a big blue ribbon on mydogdory's watermelon!!!
 

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I'm a newb at gardening and watermelons. I picked one of the melons today! I thought it didn't look ripe because it was more pink than red but I tasted it and it was still the best watermelon ive tasted! Does anyone know what kind of watermelon I have? It just said "Watermelon" on the tag. lol

OMG! That looks wonderful!
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CONGRATS!!! I haven't been able to get one to grow and ripen yet.
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doin the happy dance for you.
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Thanks baymule and canesisters!! I'll post a picture of the my second watermelon when I open it! It should ripen within a week or two! :)
 

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O.K. @vfem and @ninnymary this is the orange watermelon. We waited for stripes to darken and bottom to lighten. Tenidrils drying and thump sounding RIPE? :hu It only grew to 10 inches (should have been bigger/, but is huge for us! ) LOL. Here it is cut. It did not look ripe to me. Thought it would be darker orange and black seeds. Is this what your looked like? Not a melon eater I do not know if it was good. DH said it was fine. Very juicy. (We still have 2 more on the vine, should they wait?)
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Oh Carol, that looks gross! :eek: lol sorry. Vfem's was a much darker orange. I will check to see if she has seeds for sale on etsy. I've checked the Baker Creek catalog and I think it might have been orangeglo. I'll google for a picture to see.

Mary
 

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Carol, I just talked to vfem. She works a lot now and doesn't spend to much time on the computer other than work. She is processing some birds tonight and will take a look at your picture. Her seeds are now called orange glo from Baker Creek if you want to google them.

Mary

p.s. do a search here for vfem's "monster watermelon" thread.
 

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Carol, I just talked to vfem. She works a lot now and doesn't spend to much time on the computer other than work. She is processing some birds tonight and will take a look at your picture. Her seeds are now called orange glo from Baker Creek if you want to google them.

Mary

p.s. do a search here for vfem's "monster watermelon" thread.
Mary, Thanks, I did the search and see the seeds stay pale. And the signs where all there. Do not know why it would be so PALE inside. I think we will let the others hang out on the vine a while longer to see if they get darker fleshed.
 
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