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"Rudi Baeten" wrote in message
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Hi,
Does anyone knows when a watermelon is ripe to eat?
What are the signs ?
I grow them in my greenhouse for the first time and I have
two big melons (about 30 cm diameter) and two little ones.
Thanks

I have never grown any but when I buy them in the shops I press both thumbs
at the stalk end and if it gives a bit it is usually ripe

I don't think ripe watermelons have any bits that give :-)

Janet.