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digitS'
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If you have a bunch, would you be willing to do some experimenting, Seedcorn?
It has been a long time since I've lived in "melon country." With the few I have, harvesting is mostly a little bit of an art rather than a science for me. I hold it a little. I'm looking for that change in the skin, a yellowing, and the fragrance of a ripe melon
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You can use the "dry tendril" method. When the tendril nearest the melon dries and shrivels, the melon should be ripe.
Steve
It has been a long time since I've lived in "melon country." With the few I have, harvesting is mostly a little bit of an art rather than a science for me. I hold it a little. I'm looking for that change in the skin, a yellowing, and the fragrance of a ripe melon
!You can use the "dry tendril" method. When the tendril nearest the melon dries and shrivels, the melon should be ripe.
Steve
vfem
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They will release from the vine when ready in most cases... but good ready cantaloupe has an amazingly ripe smell. They make you drool when you smell the skin. You know why they call is 'musk' melon!? 
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seedcorn
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Sure what experiment? Not real fond of them anyway. Wife always want them planted then most go to waste or chicken food.....digitS' said:If you have a bunch, would you be willing to do some experimenting, Seedcorn?
It has been a long time since I've lived in "melon country." With the few I have, harvesting is mostly a little bit of an art rather than a science for me. I hold it a little. I'm looking for that change in the skin, a yellowing, and the fragrance of a ripe melon
You can use the "dry tendril" method. When the tendril nearest the melon dries and shrivels, the melon should be ripe.
Steve
digitS'
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Well, if you only have one - harvesting it is a real commitment.
With a bunch, pick one that might too immature. Make note of some of the characteristics: color, skin texture, smell, stem condition, etc. Cut it open so you can decide if you picked it too soon.
Now, pick another that has different characteristics.
Soon,
you will know with 99% confidence which ones are ripe and which are not. I bet you won't waste more than 2 
.
Steve
With a bunch, pick one that might too immature. Make note of some of the characteristics: color, skin texture, smell, stem condition, etc. Cut it open so you can decide if you picked it too soon.
Now, pick another that has different characteristics.
Soon,
you will know with 99% confidence which ones are ripe and which are not. I bet you won't waste more than 2 .Steve
