08-14-2011, 06:58 PM
(08-14-2011, 08:01 AM)cletus1 Wrote: Once again I am faced with the challenge to determine when a watermelon is ripe. I should have this down by now but it is not that easy. I know the things to look for to determine ripeness, but it is not fool proof. I planted the Sugar Baby, Crimson Sweet and a yellow fleshed varieties. I plan to pick my first ones next Saturday because the 73 day Sugar Babies look ripe.
I thought I read that when they were ripe they easily came loose from the vine?