How To Pick the Best Watermelon Every Time | GRATEFUL 

Yep for many years I used a process for picking a watermelon and then when I met my wife she had no process and was grabbing at random and had high rates of success with finding sweet ones.

I always try to find the biggest one.😁

I've found the same to be true about women.

Ahh, the missed opportunity. All you had to do was to pick the best looking one to you -> discard until you find one that doesnt look good.

Maybe you put too much effort into finding the perfect one, so when you "gave up" with the screening process, your subconcious did that job for you and picked what seemed as the best option. Might have been random in your knowledge but instinctively chose the good ones.

Excuse me, could you move your cart aside please?

@@ZoneCrasher no

Me too

Good luck with that.

Lol

U aint alone...these tips will help me..cause all my life its been a crap shoot 4 me.. I have loved watermelon since I can remember

Great 🍉 tips!

I love watermelon guys too

@@mikesmith7620 me three. Ha ha

@@sydneyo4289 😂😂😂😂

effective

My pakistani dad shakes it and slaps it, he swore he picked the best one and when we got home it looked like red water

Turkish dads too

100%

Balkan dads too.

I love the big, long watermelon with seeds best of all.....but I can't find them anymore. The last 2 melons I bought from the supermarket were not only expensive, but I had to throw them both away. They were that bad.

Charleston grey is the very best

Yes, seeded watermelons tend to be sweeter but people are lazy and don't want to deal with seeds and that's how we have seedless watermelons with no flavor. Sucks because seeded watermelons are now hard to find i'm guessing because the farmers know there is a bigger market for seedless.

@@daveheel weird. I don't think I've ever come across a seedless watermelon. Region?

does it matter ? all watermelon we buy is GMO, already altered to have more sweet content

Some stores sell cut ones actually

Or you can buy all of the water melon, cut them open, eat the flesh, spit out the seeds, and grow your own watermelon farm.

I, too, thought the watermelon in the video looked a little paler than one that’s good.

its a trained listening skill. knock and listen to more melons, unless the fruit seller chased u away :P

@@spaideman7850 Lol

It’s easier to hear in rl

You are tone deaf

plot twist: he hasn't eaten watermelon since then

@@user-lu6cy7hm2t yep

i havent had a bad watermelon in years, i thought all bad watermelons ceased to exist

Cause they pick it early and they "mature" in transport. They do it with every fruit that's imported.

@@vashstampede8523 Do you REALLY think I didn't know that?.....

@@yelena3044 You didn't know that, don't pretend you did.

@@ass2mouthallday IDK, they seem like they knew.

Im sry but thats wrong green stem means that watermelon is fresh...

I just said that the other day. Watermelons are not the same anymore.

Definitely since the pandemic...fruit in the supermarket as a whole has been pretty sub par since the onset of the pandemic

Global warming, water shortage, pesticide everywhere, soil ain’t the same

I haven’t seen a big watermelon with black seeds in forever

This has always been a true art watermelon picking...my granny sure picked them perfect!

Simply "pat". 🥱🥱🥱🥱

This is really the only way to really tell, slapping it and trying to hear for a reverb or that 'hollow' sound without actually putting your ear to it isn't going to make much of an impact.

@@ArcadiaP works for me lol

I was told the round ones are female and the elongated ones are male.

I have five dogs

No that is useless bro

@@AboutThings_byTarif nice, I dont have a girl and I will never have one, also I'm 17, also I eat dates, also I waste money, also I have insomnia, also I play basketball

@@unbound2424 okk

@@unbound2424 it's 31 degrees C where I am right now #randomfact

No time to read it all right now, but the green around the hard boiled egg yoke is from overcooking it.

It wasn't really your fault all of them we're bad

Huh

talk english not bs

store bought are gmo & nasty

Black seeds is a must! If it don’t have then it’s GMO!😐

Same! Seedless is GMO eating sterile fruit isn’t good…

@@khalilo2570 That's not true. There are many varieties, with different type seeds. I've grown a number of them myself.

@@AskMiko That's not true.

Totally agree, I have usually find the seeded ones lot more sweeter than the seedless

same goes for no stripes, there are some types that are uniform in color and nothing wrong with it.

ok

Agreed, I've had solid dark green ones before that were amazing. The weight is very important also though. Should be heavier than normal for it's size.

@@garyco766 Oh yes! A hollow thump must be on a heavy melon! If it's hollow sounding but a lightweight, you've got yourself that nasty empty-in-the-middle grainy melon.

@My Channel no wonder EU kicked you out

Interesting analogy! I like that better than when people say a "hollow" sound, cause to me, when I hear the word "hollow", I think "empty." But I think the sound of a good watermelon should be crisp and resonant, like the "chest" you were referring to. Also, I pat the watermelon with a full hand, not just fingers or knuckles.

I like that.thank you.

Thank you for that tip!

they still do that in some stores worldwide.

They don’t do that worldwide still. Ever since Covid hit vendors don’t do this

Grammar police are going to Rodney King you

@@TruckTaxiMoveItyou're correct! Seedless watermelon do not have...ect.

Exactly, and that's because the seedless watermelon doesn't know it's a watermelon.

But the one with the seeds you gotta spit out the seeds so it's annoying, unless you spit em at the neighbors as they pass by

Seedless watermelon also don't have seeds

Check brookshires/super 1 in your area they still have them!

@@rachelr3230 Thanks! I'll check it out.

my turkish parents do that too... i feel bad for every watermelon that they slapped-

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Yes me too, and when it's seeded they don't have to be oval shaped to be sweet.

Im going to try that out!!

Totally agree. The seedless varieties are getting better but they still do not have the flavor of the older varieties of seeded fruits. I'll take an heirloom variety any day

YES! I hate these gmo apples now though, they're so fake. They look like those decoration apples & I feel nasty after eating them. Fresh strawberries are yum.

Yeah, that part was totally unhelpful

He was just guessing that's why he didn't cut it open. He had no clue.

That's exactly what he did: he started from the less ripe and ended with the most ripe...

I'm growing my own too. Best watermelon I've ever had was the one I grew. Most store bought produce lacks serious flavor. Growing your own is the best.

That's because they aren't sun ripened. That's the best quality.

Nice

copy pasting what i wrote on another comment look for the crispy skin ones, but not too thin skin, also not too thick skin, avoid the ones that are limp and 'soggy' like soggy apples. Those are overripe and with water only cuz the old age of the melon forced it to use up all the sugar to stay alive longer from aging. Leaving a very bland taste with very little flavor taste even if the smelled aroma is rich. And yes farmer's market gives a good chance to find more naturally grown foods that tastes better and are of better food quality. When tapping/patting watermelons, never go for the deep/low tone sounding ones, go for a slightly higher pitch/tone or in the middle. If it sounds like the G string of a violin or a bass tone in music, avoid it. Too ripe and watery and no sugar. You'll notice the melons that are literally just dark green all over may be heavier due to having too much water. at some point you will be able to tell apart the young and crispy and the old ones, and will be able to tell freshness of fruits and vegetables if you shop enough and actually pay attention. For corn, look for dull color, solid yellow means its too old, make sure the light gleams off of it so the skin should be shiny in general look for fruit or veggies that have a 'shine' reflected on their skin, showing freshness and good health of skin and no loss of color or skin health. This is applied to eggplants as well. Never buy eggplants that are too soft either, same goes for cucumbers. Always go for firmness of food which indicates their health/freshness For asparagus, dont go for ones with white on the tips. Never go for thick asparagus. Always go for the thinner ones, they are more tender and fresh like young bamboo shoots. For carrots, if you like sweet and slightly juicy and flavorful DELICIOUS carrots, baby carrots are never a good choice, and avoid carrots that are too big, go for medium sized long carrots. For apples, try to go for farm/rough skinned apples, waxed skin apples don't taste as good Cauliflower and Broccoli: avoid both kinds if they have black on them even the slightest if you want most fresh. You can look between/inside the head of the brocolli to see how far the green has developed. Always go for deep grey/blue green top/head area for brocolli, never light green because its closer to yellow and its not ripe enough. A lot of how I pick fresh produce is from the wisdom from mainly the women in my family, my mom and gran, and borrowed 'some' from dad and gramps as cross-reference to find see both left/right extremes on the balance scale or peripheral vision, and narrow it down to the perfect middle. Picking the right eggs that are organic or from pasture raised chickens also makes a big difference. There are eggs that have a slight 'greenish' layer on the outside of its yolk if you boil them. Organic eggs that come from cage free/pasture raised chickens have yolks that have less or lack the green layer, and usually has slightly or much richer yellow yolk you see when you boil it.

in general go for the long ones, never round if you can help it. otherwise use my tips

If seedless… it’s definitely GMO. I only buy seeded melons even if that means I enjoy one watermelon a season. Refuse to buy GMO melons.

You are right....and I don't want a seedless watermelon. Give me one w/seeds!!!

Totally agree with you

Don’t eat bananas and corns since you aren’t a fan of GMO lmaoo

@@kelvinpyaeko Bananas are cloned so much that the Cavendish bananas are getting sick, damaged and may soon be wiped off the planet.

Lol! Me 2 !

Yep

i buy about 100 watermelons each summer and i have watched every video on YT about the perfect melon and followed every rule they said.. and STILL.. 90% of them i threw out, or were tasteless. I waste 500$ every summer. It's IMPOSSIBLE to tell.. It's all LUCK. if u get a good batch, u are lucky.

@@claude878878 It's not luck. There is one hundred percent a way to tell whether or not a watermelon is good or not just as there is with any other fruit or produce. These videos are just clickbait nonsense

@@goosenuggets9693 well then what is the 100% way to tell? can u pls share it with me? thx

Huh? Please elaborate

How do u find that...do tell?

Just look for the small brown spots on the watermelon. Sometimes they're in a straight line. Other times the spots are random. They're created by the bees searching for the sweet nectar and usually indicate this melon is sweet.

I agree. Make sure it isn’t ‘skid’ marks. Bee kisses looks like little holes in lines or in splotches. Find one with a lot? Buy it. Will be ripe and sweet every time. I never could tell by knocking.

You can be 100% sure that the marks are not made by bees gnawing at or stinging the melon. Bees die after they use their stinger. They don't eat watermelons either. They eat pollen and nectar from flowers.

Good luck with that. Grocery stores have no such thing!

How do you know you have a 75 percent success rate picking for strangers ? Do you exchange numbers for them to call you and tell you if it was good or not ? You big bullshitter you 🤣😂

@@nickchemist3722 lol, dude. Success rate is representative of my experience with picking the fruit for myself. It's fairly true but not that serious of a comment tbh.

never go for round, go for long melons or use my tips which I'll copy/paste below, these are my tips look for the crispy skin ones, but not too thin skin, also not too thick skin, avoid the ones that are limp and 'soggy' like soggy apples. Those are overripe and with water only cuz the old age of the melon forced it to use up all the sugar to stay alive longer from aging. Leaving a very bland taste with very little flavor taste even if the smelled aroma is rich. And yes farmer's market gives a good chance to find more naturally grown foods that tastes better and are of better food quality. When tapping/patting watermelons, never go for the deep/low tone sounding ones, go for a slightly higher pitch/tone or in the middle. If it sounds like the G string of a violin or a bass tone in music, avoid it. Too ripe and watery and no sugar. You'll notice the melons that are literally just dark green all over may be heavier due to having too much water. at some point you will be able to tell apart the young and crispy and the old ones, and will be able to tell freshness of fruits and vegetables if you shop enough and actually pay attention. For corn, look for dull color, solid yellow means its too old, make sure the light gleams off of it so the skin should be shiny in general look for fruit or veggies that have a 'shine' reflected on their skin, showing freshness and good health of skin and no loss of color or skin health. This is applied to eggplants as well. Never buy eggplants that are too soft either, same goes for cucumbers. Always go for firmness of food which indicates their health/freshness For asparagus, dont go for ones with white on the tips. Never go for thick asparagus. Always go for the thinner ones, they are more tender and fresh like young bamboo shoots. For carrots, if you like sweet and slightly juicy and flavorful DELICIOUS carrots, baby carrots are never a good choice, and avoid carrots that are too big, go for medium sized long carrots. For apples, try to go for farm/rough skinned apples, waxed skin apples don't taste as good Cauliflower and Broccoli: avoid both kinds if they have black on them even the slightest if you want most fresh. You can look between/inside the head of the brocolli to see how far the green has developed. Always go for deep grey/blue green top/head area for brocolli, never light green because its closer to yellow and its not ripe enough. A lot of how I pick fresh produce is from the wisdom from mainly the women in my family, my mom and gran, and borrowed 'some' from dad and gramps as cross-reference to find see both left/right extremes on the balance scale or peripheral vision, and narrow it down to the perfect middle. Picking the right eggs that are organic or from pasture raised chickens also makes a big difference. There are eggs that have a slight 'greenish' layer on the outside of its yolk if you boil them. Organic eggs that come from cage free/pasture raised chickens have yolks that have less or lack the green layer, and usually has slightly or much richer yellow yolk you see when you boil it.

Theyre all Seedless GMO watermelons🤷🏾‍♂️

@@malcolmbenjamin28 GMO watermelons do not exist, spread your lies elsewhere

I imagine your eyes could canvass the watermelon faster than homeboy can talk. Lol

Baby Pyscho me

😄 I am!!! It's a damn good one too!

Me, but it’s not too sweet. I picked a baldish one

I picked a nasty bright pink watermelon and I'm eating it thinking it tastes like celery.

@@PinkManGuy lmao

😂😂😂…. Way to go grandma!!!

Very healthy, so good for your grandma!

Yea there different varieties of watermelon?