How to Pick a Ripe Watermelon or Melon

Edaku — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +0300

Picking watermelons and melons in season always feels like a bit of a gamble if you don’t know what signs to look for. You usually can’t cut the fruit open before buying, so you’re left relying on appearance, weight, sound, and smell. None of these signs guarantees perfect ripeness on its own, but together they meaningfully improve your odds of bringing home something actually sweet.

How to pick a watermelon

The first thing to check is the field spot — the patch on the watermelon’s skin where it rested on the ground while ripening. On a ripe watermelon, this spot is creamy yellow or orange; a pale, almost white spot usually means the fruit was picked too early. The rind on a ripe watermelon tends to look matte rather than glossy, and the stripe pattern should be sharp and well-defined.

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How to Pick a Ripe Watermelon or Melon

How to pick a watermelon