WATERMELONS

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Jim Reid

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I talked with an oldtimer today about how to tell if a melon is ripe i have always used the thumping method and the dead curl on the stem he said to lay a piece of broomstraw crossways on the melon if it turned straight the melon was ripe i told him i thought he was trying to pull one on me but insisted it was true my melons are not ripe yet so i haven't tried it anyone ever heard of this.

Jim
 
Never heard of that one before!----kinda like the ole' forked stick telling you where to drill water well, I guess!--LOL! thanks; sonny
 
I went by the pig tale dead and dried up, worked fine for me and my jubilees.

Grew some dandy melons this year!

If'n I knew the picture thing good enough I'd post a pic of one of my 30+ lb jubilees

WnYF
 
My Aunt Dot taught me that trick a few years ago and it does work. She loved watermelons and carried a broom straw with her. Has to be the old type not anything synthetic. Grump
 
my mellons are doing great I grew the round type, cant remember the name off the top of my head. I also grew cantalopes too. this has been a good year for both of them. wonder how the straw would work on a round one
 
This is the first year that the pig tail method hasn't worked for me. The pig tail was dead as a door nail and cut one of the melons and it was green as a gourd. I had to wait for another two weeks for the melons to get good and ripe. I had good luck with my Charleston Greys and Black Diamonds, but the Jubalees didn't fare so well.

I have heard of the straw method Jim.
 
White n Yella Fella":1ysglc09 said:
I went by the pig tale dead and dried up, worked fine for me and my jubilees.

Grew some dandy melons this year!

If'n I knew the picture thing good enough I'd post a pic of one of my 30+ lb jubilees

WnYF
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Here is a pic of a jubilee that I grew last year along with my Grandsons. It weighed in a 54 lbs.

Grandkidswithbigwatermelon.jpg
 
Jim Reid":1yb1z3a4 said:
I don't have a picture but i have one that weighed 76lbs.

Jim
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Now just hold on there Jim, we're talkin water melons here not punkins ... :roll: :lol:
Can you store that big ole thing until Bosses one day event in October ?
I'd like to see that one up close with a knife and a salt shaker... :{_}: :-:-):
 
Georgia Boy":1xe0yul8 said:
White n Yella Fella":1xe0yul8 said:
I went by the pig tale dead and dried up, worked fine for me and my jubilees.

Grew some dandy melons this year!

If'n I knew the picture thing good enough I'd post a pic of one of my 30+ lb jubilees

WnYF
Click to expand...

Here is a pic of a jubilee that I grew last year along with my Grandsons. It weighed in a 54 lbs.

Grandkidswithbigwatermelon.jpg
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now thats a mellon wow
 
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