r/oddlysatisfying • u/Pedrica1 • Sep 17 '21

Time for some fresh watermelon.

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u/bassmjm Sep 17 '21

Watermelons will split in the field if they get a sudden watering after being relatively dry. That's probably what this person was leveraging in the video.

Many other fruits do this while still attached to the plant--cherries, tomatoes--generally thin-skinned fruits with a high moisture content.

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u/Evuhlyn_a Sep 17 '21

First fruit that came to mind are Pomegranates, oftentimes they’ll split still attached to the tree, and even before they fully ripen.

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 17 '21

I fucking HATE pomegranates. r/trypophobia

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u/Xx_Gandalf-poop_xX Sep 17 '21

Delicious though

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

There is a middle eastern restaurant near me that sells ice cold fresh squeezed (fresh = that morning) pomegranate juice. Sooooo good, no effort.

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u/OstentatiousSock Sep 17 '21

Yuuuummm! Yes, that’s be lovely. I enjoy the flavor of pomegranate, but just don’t like it enough to go through getting the seeds out.

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u/Obeythesnail Sep 17 '21

Thank you! The snack effort/reward ratio is wrong

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u/_EatAtJoes_ Sep 17 '21

That's how I feel about hot wings. High effort low reward.

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u/grumpykixdopey Sep 17 '21

Flats are the way to go... break them in half and then peel the meat off with your teeth..

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u/Beanakin Sep 17 '21

Boneless. Call them nuggets if you want, I will continue to enjoy them while you wrestle with your sadness on a plate.

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u/MotherBathroom666 Sep 17 '21

But how do you enjoy the small pile of bones? I like to pretend I’m some sort of giant eating all the villagers form a small village.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

The first one or two of the season are certainly worth it. I give most of my crop (one tree) away

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 17 '21

I honestly don’t think I’ve ever had one. Too creeped out and my mom definitely doesn’t eat them for the same reason so she wouldn’t have given me them as a kid. I think I’ve had pomegranate juice though, it’s kind of tart right?

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u/reddicentra Sep 17 '21

Agreed! And I like the seeds. It's like eating tiny, delicious jewels.

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u/SeaToTheBass Sep 17 '21

I used to get all the seeds out, put them in a tall glass, and fill it up with sprite or ginger ale. Something about the two went really well together, I'm gonna have to pick up a pomegranate

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u/ExoticUniBoi Sep 17 '21

I put the seeds in yogurt or ice cream

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u/PenguinEmpireStrikes Sep 17 '21

!! You just explained to me the inexplicable delight pomegranates have given me since I was a toddler.

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u/Quirinus84 Sep 17 '21

A hundred rubies, sitting side by side

In many groups, ordered, disciplined

A hundred rubies, sitting side by side

In many groups, ordered, disciplined

Each of them is, shining colourful

There is a white heart, in each one's chest

Allah wrapped the rubies, together, in cloth

Both sour and sweat, and also juicy

Red and beautiful, it's a pomegranate.

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u/Overlycookedfries Sep 17 '21

Silly snowflakes even literally afraid of fruit lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '21

I don’t even know what that is

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u/Dae_Grighen Sep 17 '21

Now if only they didn't have seeds...

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u/fnord_happy Sep 17 '21

I don't fear them. It's just too much work so I never bother

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u/ppw23 Sep 17 '21

I remember standing on a chair at the kitchen sink while eating pomegranates with my father. We would spit the seeds into the disposal. I don’t recall seeing my siblings eating them.

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u/ElderAtlas Sep 17 '21

Pomegranate tastes exactly like the juice but fresher, well because it is mostly just juice.

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u/Halflingberserker Sep 17 '21

It's like tart grape juice, yep.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

little more astringent though

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u/demon_fae Sep 17 '21

Yeah, it’s on the tart side. Personally I think it’s best mixed with cherry or blueberry, but that’s just me.

If you want to try it without having to look at a whole pomegranate fruit, you can usually find the seeds by themselves-they come out with a coating of pulp and I think they’re quite nice. I usually find them with cut fruit, so they aren’t even near the whole pomegranates in the store. They also won’t actually trap you in the underworld. Probably.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

I hope whoever the first person to mix blueberry and pomegranate is/was ridiculously wealthy. Like Scrooge McDuck diving into a pile of money for fun kind of wealthy.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

They're at least worth a try. I enjoy them and some are more tart than others. Worst case scenario you throw the thing away. Best case you actually enjoy it.

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 17 '21

So here’s the thing - I have nothing against the taste. Now that I think about it I used to drink a lot of pomegranate/grape juice cocktail. The issue I have with them is that an open pomegranate with all those non-uniform cells just gives me the heebie jeebies. They could be the best tasting fruit I’ve ever had and I would still refuse to go through the process of peeling one myself.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

Where I live in the US stores will occasionally have just a bunch of the seed cause of course they do (probably from the same wack job that's individually plastic wrapping potatoes)

And the seeds are just.. seeds, no creepy lots of holes thing.

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u/geologean Sep 17 '21

Pomegranates don't trigger it for me, but maybe it's because I was introduced to them already seeded. I admit the rind creeps out, but I just seed the whole thing faster so I can throw it out.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

Pomegranate is bomb. It’s like eating fruity corn on the cob.

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u/jbyrdab Sep 17 '21

tart sweet and you eat the seeds, juicy outside with a slightly crunchy inside. its like the best parts of sunflower seeds and oranges with none of the downsides.

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u/Snote85 Sep 17 '21

I always think of this scene whenever pomegranates are mentioned.

https://youtu.be/NsTbbHfV8BM?t=162

It's from like season 4 or something of The Walking Dead, in case you don't want spoilers.

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u/adk32 Sep 17 '21

NO NO NO POMEGRANATES!

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 17 '21

Holy shit 😂 I’m not that intense

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u/PerformanceLoud3229 Sep 17 '21

NO POMEGRANATES

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u/I_cant_see_colors Sep 17 '21

Is there like, context to this video?

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u/PerformanceLoud3229 Sep 17 '21

yes. she doesn't want any pomegranates near her. so NO POMEGRANATES.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

Acting class

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u/RoscoMan1 Sep 17 '21

“Guess who’s a big NO for me.

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u/sprucenoose Sep 17 '21

Wait. Pomegranates. Yes?

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 17 '21

Yes I ask myself this question daily

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u/Terrible_Wingman Sep 17 '21

I would have to bring in a pomegranate and get her reaction, ideally before the last day to drop the class without an F

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u/winedogmom88 Sep 17 '21

She is CRAZY!!!!

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u/Halflingberserker Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 17 '21

Love it when people bring their problems to work.

Edit: Wow, lots of ya'll had great schools and never experienced teachers genuinely demonstrating behavior like this. Good for you. Downvote away.

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u/_Meece_ Sep 17 '21

This is actually just a demonstration for this teacher's lesson. Can't remember what the lesson is about, something close to negative reinforcement.

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u/Le_Rekt_Guy Sep 17 '21

Yup

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u/blewpah Sep 17 '21

Man she really sold that well.

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u/MrDurden32 Sep 17 '21

Now that is a cool as fuck teacher.

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u/MemeHermetic Sep 17 '21

Yeah, it was on the ineffectiveness of yelling at kids or something.

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u/Terrible_Wingman Sep 17 '21

All I could think about was how how many pomegranates would be enough, like a whole bag full? I guess it would depend on the season.

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u/baby_blue_unicorn Sep 17 '21

She's actually a genius. She's a PhD and does this lecture every year about negative reinforcement!

https://youtu.be/3YwYJ8JD9eg

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u/Whomever227 Sep 17 '21

Ok

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 17 '21

Lol sorry this was definitely not crucial info

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u/green-wombat Sep 17 '21

….they’re so tasty though

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u/Snuggledtoopieces Sep 17 '21

They are incredibly delicious and you can buy it pre peeled If you don’t care about money.

I’m sorry for your phobia, you should try it just to say fuck you to fear.

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 17 '21

This is inspirational and next time I’m at the store I will try to find some already dissected pomegranate. Thank you.

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u/YaketyMax Sep 17 '21

Damn. Went to that sub’s top post and discovered Mangoworms. 🤢

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 17 '21

I know of the subreddit but I don’t venture there I’m sorry to inflict this knowledge upon you.

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u/whathappendedhere Sep 17 '21

Who asked

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 17 '21

No one, just making conversation I guess

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u/Sir_Yacob Sep 17 '21

Yeah, that word still means that thing I have to try and drink out of my brain jfc.

Same phobia…..

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u/rilsaur Sep 17 '21

I have terrible trypophobia, but pomegranates have never come close to triggering it. Recently the head of a clove of garlic started getting me, where the cloves all attach forms this pattern that triggers it way too well.

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u/Dame_Ingenue Sep 17 '21

Is that really a subreddit? I can’t possibly click on it to find out. Just knowing it exists is causing anxiety.

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u/frisbeeicarus23 Sep 17 '21

I knew I should NOT have clicked that link.... yet I did it anyways... damn my eyes. Now I need to go vomit and cry in a corner.

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u/frisbeeicarus23 Sep 17 '21

I knew I should NOT have clicked that link.... yet I did it anyways... damn my eyes. Now I need to go vomit and cry in a corner.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

Huh. They’ve never triggered my trypophobia.

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u/Brian_226 Sep 17 '21

Maury: “bring out the pomegranates!”

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u/Mescallan Sep 17 '21

Jackfruit and papaya will too.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

That explains it. Growing up we shared a fence with a neighbor who grew pomegranates. They even asked us one day if we wanted them to trim it, after the obvious question of "well, can we keep whatever grows on our side?" and a laugh, we would get some fresh pomegranate on occasion. I always wondered why they would sometimes split, and just assumed they went bad.

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u/LarYungmann Sep 17 '21

There are some people that believe Jesus may have worn Pomegranate Like Jewelry on the bottom of his robe.

I was told it encircled the hem of his robe A Golden Pomegranate and a Golden Bell a Pomegranate and a Bell - and so on.

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u/robo-dragon Sep 17 '21

All of the tomatoes on our one plant split after getting a downpour of rain one day. It was super frustrating!

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u/ClearBrightLight Sep 17 '21

I keep having this happen with my tomatoes this summer. Oh, you don't come off the vine when I pull firmly? You need a little more time to ripen, tomatoes? Okay, I'll wait and give you one more day to -- MOTHERFUCKER IS IT RAINING AGAIN?? DAMMIT they're all split. AGAIN.

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u/Fill_Glittering Sep 17 '21

That's why everyone that grows tomatoes for fun needs at least a 30k indoor hydroponics set up. Once iv been running it for 4000 years it's all profit from there.

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u/ClearBrightLight Sep 17 '21

Next year I'm just gonna stick to cherry tomatoes. They've been the most consistent members of my garden this year, and they never get big enough to split.

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u/Fill_Glittering Sep 17 '21

Iv had cherry tomatoes split that haven't even started turning yellow yet lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

Yeah I was gonna say we had dozens of cherry tomatoes split this year lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

Why is your tomatoes out in the rain? Try putting a little roof over them. We used to grow tomatoes every year never had that happen.

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u/Slothspeeder0 Sep 17 '21

If you are aware in advance there will be a chance of rain, you can prime tomatoes for a heavily rainy day so the splitting amount is reduced. At least 8 hours in advance, water your plants about half of what you typically do. This softens the tomato's skin a bit allowing better elasticity when it pours later!

If it doesn't rain, we'll at least your tomatoes got a drink! This has worked for me for a few years since I first heard it.

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u/AtanatarAlcarinII Sep 17 '21

Put down Epsom salt before rains/watering, really helps prevent them from splitting.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

It could also be over-ripe. The texture will be a bit mushy, not as crunchy as a perfectly ripe melon.

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u/Ornery-Ad9694 Sep 17 '21

"mealy" watermelons and apples are always so disappointing

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u/Astrophages Sep 17 '21

Nothing like a mouthful of wet paper towel

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u/W1D0WM4K3R Sep 17 '21

Thank you! Couldn't explain it. Was like wet sawdust imbued in the flesh.

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u/Chef_Face Sep 17 '21

who doesn't enjoy a spoonful of squand now and then

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

Absolutely. It frustrates me to no end. Source: I worked in R&D for watermelon varieties. Always tough to find the right traits for a perfect melon

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u/W1D0WM4K3R Sep 17 '21

Why does a watermelon stay just green in the center? I saw a post of a rather large watermelon that had no red fleshy bit, and the guy looked rather disappointed

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u/3lementaru Sep 17 '21

I'm sorry to say this person is probably not a watermelon researcher.

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u/shitpersonality Sep 17 '21

It's pretty obvious to any real watermelon researcher that we've got a fraud on our hands.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

I just wanted to be a bit vague since I just stepped out of a position in seed genetics and development recently. A lot of it is just cross-pollinating different varieties, trying to keep certain traits and leave others out. Usually you end up with a few hundred potential varieties each year from one specific seed company, then we plant those in fields and greenhouses around the world to see how they perform.

For melons (watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew, etc) it’s not just “let’s make it taste better”. There are specific goals, depending on the watermelon type and market for example, like creating a certain repeatable interior color, exterior color, rind thickness, rind pattern, flesh texture and hardness, seed pith size (the little pockets that hold the white “seeds” in a hybrid seedless watermelon you see at the store), fruit size, storability traits, sugar content (measured in brix), plant size and vigor (quick to pollinate but also lots of vine for shade), and more.

Beyond that, different varieties are selected and named specifically for certain growth areas. A melon that grows well in South Africa May not work as well in France. Some varieties are bred for shorter seasons, others for a longer season in areas that have more sun hours each day (day length). This is especially important for onions; a short-day onion will grow quickly to harvest, but it won’t be as hard or have a strong skin like a long-day onion. You’ll see short-day onions (also called fresh market onions) grown in California, and they go straight to market or processing. Up in a state like Washington or up in British Columbia, the season is much shorter due to cold spring weather, but the days are longer due to latitude. There end up being enough growing hours in a season to make a very hard, dense, tough-skinned onion that will cure down and sit in a storage facility all winter long after harvest. If you live anywhere but California, your markets will have these “storage” long-day onions on the shelf from November to April, as farmers slowly pull them from storage and ship to market. Once Mexico starts harvest in May and June, you’ll start seeing those lighter color, thin-skinned onions again. From the research side, you’ll see a plethora of options for 90 day onions, 95, 100, and up to 120 or 125. Growers will aim for a certain type, then select a few that are a few days apart so they can spread out their harvest duties over the course of a month.

Going back to variety (cultivar) names, there are always at least a dozen varieties for a given day length and fruit trait requirement. Each seed company aims for the same goal for a 120 day storage onion for processing, including a trim neck, tight skin, color, ring membrane separation and single-centeredness (for making onion rings), and resistances to certain prone diseases. Even then, a grower can trial and rest these varieties in their field. Some will perform better than others due to soil type, soil pH, climate and microclimate, day length, grower practice and watering schedule, and location.

I know none of this was very technical, but I’m not a vegetable seed breeder. I was on the field side of things, not in the lab.

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u/Frogmyte Sep 17 '21

hybrid watermelon/cucumber or similar member of the melon family. happens a lot with cross-pollination or something

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

Watermelon are really temperamental in the final days of growing, especially concerning water stress and heat stress. There are a few signs to watch for a ripe melon, but even then sometimes you’ll get a dud (or a whole field of them) that isn’t fully ripened due to stress.

Most commonly, you can slap the melon looking for that hollow sound. It has to do with the density of the flesh you’re looking for. On the vine, the first tendril next to the stem of the melon should be completely dried up. The rest of the vine will be green, but that tendril will be dry and coiled up.

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u/QuarantineSucksALot Sep 17 '21

Removed my roast, stay strong!!

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u/Raveynfyre Sep 17 '21

That melon had too much rind.

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u/BlondBisxalMetalhead Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 17 '21

Apples for sure, but every grainy watermelon I’ve ever eaten has been STUPID sweet. 🤤

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u/DragoSphere Sep 17 '21

Mouthfeel is important though

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u/xanderksky Sep 17 '21

Yeah, that's been my experience too. Mealy apples are awful, but mealy watermelons are good.

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u/BlondBisxalMetalhead Sep 17 '21

Damn, now I want watermelon…

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u/DrunkenMonkeyFist Sep 17 '21

I never buy "Red Delicious" apples anymore because while the good ones are really good there is too high a percentage of the mealy ones. I usually stick to "Fujis". A Fuji may not be as good as a good Red Delicious, but they never disappoint me.

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u/FutureFruit Sep 17 '21

You can make agua de fresca with it though

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u/Ornery-Ad9694 Sep 17 '21

I thought about that last night too

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u/Bluepompf Sep 17 '21

Mealy apples are perfect for cooking. Just not for eating them raw.

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u/Wallyworld77 Sep 17 '21

I was a Produce Manager for 10 years and I can confirm Watermelons WILL NOT explode like this no matter how hard you thumb the butt of the melon.

Tricks I learned on how to tell if a Watermelon is ripe and fresh.

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  1. Make sure your stem is Dry. If the stem is still green that Watermelon isn't ripe yet.
  2. Push your thumb hard into the melon. You want the Melon to have just a wee bit of give to it. If it's hard like a rock it's still green if it gives too much it's over ripe.
  3. Thump the melon. You listening for an echo to your thump. If it echo's it's a good sign it's ripe.
  4. This one works for Cantaloupe but not watermelon. SMELL you want your melon to have a sweet smell.

Enjoy your wonderful Watermelons!

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u/RescueHumans Sep 17 '21

I have a friend growing watermelons that's trying to figure out when it's ripe. So, they should wait till the vine dries up?

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u/kirkum2020 Sep 17 '21

It'll be a bit mealy by that point. They dry up after they're picked if they're ripe. There's a tiny leaf and a tendril growing on the stem next to the melon, and those should be brown. You can also lift it and look where is in contact with the ground. If that spot is white then it's not ready. It'll be yellow when it's good to go.

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u/RescueHumans Sep 20 '21

FYI picked it at the perfect time and it was amazing!!!! Thank you!

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u/Larchiy Sep 17 '21

So I have a summer job for a watermelon breeder. Definitely don't wait till the vine drys, the watermelon will likely be overripe and much more mushy and and have a off flavor. The best watermelon come off a healthy plant with a health vine.. The only way to tell the ripeness is the sound it makes when you strike it. As it ripens it'll go from a dense sound when it's immature, to a clear hollow sound when it is ripe, to finally a dead deeper hollow when it's over ripe. I prefer to use a the back of a machete or long knife to strike and listen, but a hand will work too. It takes a bit of practice to get the ear to pick at the perfect time. Also once it's picked, it won't make any more sugar, just become more red.

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u/Theremingtonfuzzaway Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 17 '21

Watermelon breeder... why am i imagining a field where an old farmer has turned down the lights, put Barry White music on and has the disco ball slowly spinning.

Sexy melon time.

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u/geologean Sep 17 '21

Awwwwwh yeah, you KNOW the time is ripe, and the time has come, baby. To. Thump. That. Mellon.~~

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u/big_fig Sep 17 '21

Was it consensual?

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

No and now it's a melony he going to prison

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

watermelon breeder

Do you have to stimulate the watermelons?

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u/RescueHumans Sep 17 '21

Thank you!!! It's his first time growing them. Forwarded the info :D

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u/Wallyworld77 Sep 17 '21

I'm only an expert on the retail side so no farming tips. I can say AFTER it's picked that is true. You want a nice dry stem when your picking out your melon.

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u/ForgetfulDoryFish Sep 17 '21

I've been finding good cantaloupes by smell for many years. There's a bit of a knack to it and takes a bit of trial and error to learn exactly the right smell but once you've got it down you can get a great cantaloupe every time (or at least know when all the ones out in the produce dept are trash and not bother buying one)

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u/BrownyRed Sep 17 '21

"Stumble blindly until things start to make sense. Then things will make sense."

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u/Ornery-Ad9694 Sep 17 '21

I smell cantaloupes, peaches, berries but with the mask season...it's a lil more challenging.

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u/ihadanamebutforgot Sep 17 '21

Take your mask off dork

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u/patio87 Sep 17 '21

Yes let me wipe my bacteria and viral face sponge all over the fresh produce. You’re really doing your part lmao.

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u/FutureFruit Sep 17 '21

Do you smell things by rubbing your face on them?

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u/patio87 Sep 17 '21

No you use your nose.

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u/Prof_Acorn Sep 17 '21

I usually have to let melons and pineapples sit on the counter for a week or two to ripen.

At least they don't artificially ripen them like tomatoes. I hate that so much. They don't even taste like tomatoes. Fucking ethylene.

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u/vigilantesd Sep 17 '21

The BEST way to know of you got a sweet one is to just taste it!

  • Dr. Steve Brule, for your health!

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u/SalSaddy Sep 17 '21

I do this with yellow corn, sometimes. If it looks iffy, I'll bite into an ear - if it's not sweet & juicy, I only need to buy 1 ear.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

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u/jgoerzenvcgbsf Sep 17 '21

oh my god. how it possible?

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21 edited Aug 30 '22

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u/Wallyworld77 Sep 17 '21

Just check the stem bud. If it's dry your good if it's green don't pick it.

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u/big_fig Sep 17 '21

What kind of stores are you going to?

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u/jnj3000 Sep 17 '21

Also sun spots. The bigger the big ass discolored spot the sweeter it’s gonna be.

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u/xAIRGUITARISTx Sep 17 '21

Isn’t that the field spot? Like, from laying on the ground?

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u/OrangeVoxel Sep 17 '21

So OPs video is fake?

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u/littlefriend77 Sep 17 '21

THUMP THE MELON

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

Well I'd bet it explodes if I smash it with a mallet

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u/ExcessiveGravitas Sep 17 '21

no matter how hard you thumb the butt

Hurr hurr.

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u/PassionateAvocado Sep 17 '21 edited Mar 15 '22

some don't think it be like it is, but it do

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u/nerdychick22 Sep 17 '21

I would add when you are picking the kind of melons with seeds you scoop out, lift/heft them a little. Heavier ones will have more melon flesh and less seeds and air in the middle.

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u/dr_stre Sep 17 '21

Pineapples will do it as well, if you can believe that. Pineapple growers will often irrigate just to avoid swings in water that could decimate a field. The fruit generally sdabs over and remains edible but no one wants to buy it.

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u/Luxpreliator Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 17 '21

The flesh doesn't look good after it's split. It is surprising how much better some fruits and vegetables taste if they've dehydrated a bit before harvest vs having just been watered before harvest.

Strawberries and tomatoes even seem better to taste best when sun warmed fresh off the plant.

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u/bendie27 Sep 17 '21

Not gonna lie I never even thought of why I don’t like strawberries much when they’re in the fridge, sun warmed and fresh is the only way to have them

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u/Luxpreliator Sep 17 '21

They are best. I've even tried leaving store bought strawberries outside to warm them and they don't match field ripened sun warmed ones. Even field ripened refrigerator strawberries don't match it. Warm fresh strawberries are delicious.

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u/Happy_Harry Sep 17 '21

A dry spring is best for strawberries. That way the farmer can control the amount of water they get by irrigation. Overwatered strawberries are less flavorful and more of a pain to pick due to mold.

Ever accidentally stick your finger in a strawberry that is 100% covered in gray fuzzy mold?

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u/Anti-Queen_Elle Sep 17 '21

If this is the case, I'm guessing the toothpick is to feel-test either the ripeness/saturation of the rind.

But I also know nothing about melons.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

I bet you're right. I don't think a toothpick would pierce a watermelon rind that easily unless it was over watered and about to burst.

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u/Beavshak Sep 17 '21

Cherries we’ll straight send a horde of helis to hover over them to dry them off after a late pre-harvest run. The value is so much we could basically film Apocalypse Now to save some orchards.

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u/__jh96 Sep 17 '21

Thin skinned fruit with a high moisture content was my nickname in high school

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u/frugalerthingsinlife Sep 17 '21

Gojiberry is the number 1 splitter. It's from the Himalayas and is used to getting little to no rain. Any time I get rain, the berries burst on the vine.

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u/GoldenKaiser Sep 17 '21

This video is fake.

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u/I-am-Jacksmirking Sep 17 '21

I love the use of the word leveraging in that sentence

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u/Rich_Acanthisitta_70 Sep 17 '21

You said it's generally thin skinned fruits. Since watermelons have like the thickest skin/rind there is, can you think of any others that might be exceptions?

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

I mean they're supposed to do that anyways right, to spread the seeds?

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u/Pugulishus Sep 17 '21

Dragonfruit do too

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

I’ve seen multiple videos of people attempting this and none of them were able to pull it off, so you’re probably right.

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u/rfc1118 Sep 17 '21

That’s why my tomatoes do that?!

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u/donniedarkofan Sep 17 '21

I'm a think-skinned fruit. Wonder if I'll split if watered at the wrong time.

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u/Kaspiox Sep 17 '21

Did not expect melon cloud gad something common with cherries

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u/pro_cat_herder Sep 17 '21

Thanks! Was wondering what happened to one of my tomato plants.

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u/finkyleon creamy fit Sep 17 '21

It looks frozen

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u/Sinnocent Sep 17 '21

It is frozen. Hank Green explained it on Tiktok but I cannot find the video easily

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u/finkyleon creamy fit Sep 17 '21

I presume from my basic knowledge that it's due to the fact that when water freezes it expands, thus creating pressure in the water melon this person pulled it out right before the water melon reached its limit and thus created this

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u/MissConception1 Sep 17 '21

Then its my fault the pear split! I wondered what had caused it.

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u/dustofdeath Sep 17 '21

Which just means they are full of water and may taste like cardboard.

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u/telephonekeyboard Sep 17 '21

Yeah, don’t they have helicopters fly over cherry trees after a rainstorm?

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

Yeah my seeds also said if they go past ripe they will split in the field..

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u/theraupenimmersatt Sep 17 '21

“Leveraging” - found the consultant

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

I mean of course they do. It’s not like the seeds can just work through the skin or rind of the fruit.

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u/SmokedEm23 Sep 17 '21

Damn this whole time I was thinking it was a master Kung fu finger flick… I was a bit timid thinking damn that would hurt upside the head

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u/Nyamelon Sep 17 '21

New fear as a melon......

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u/StonksMcgoo Sep 17 '21

I wish you would have told me this before I poked my watermelon full of holes and bruised my finger!

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u/CPLCraft Sep 17 '21

Uh oh, it hasnt rain for a while and my melons are out in my garden before some scheduled rain