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How to judge when melons are ripe?
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:40 pm
by LoreD
This is the first year that I did a lot of melons. I have Sucre de tour ( I think that's right), Canary, Tip Top, Angel, Amy, Honeydew, and Charantais. I'm getting a lot of melons and know how to judge when muskmelons are ripe but I don't know about the cantaloupes, rock melons, etc.
Do all melons slip on the vine when ripe?
LoreD
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:04 pm
by opabinia51
I just give them a little squeeze and if there is any give, pick them off the vine.
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:06 pm
by Franco
By the way botanically speaking melons are fruits.
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:48 pm
by LoreD
Thank you, Franco. I did know that, just like botanically speaking tomatoes are fruits. I posted it here because I felt it was more likely to get a response rather than in the area with the apple and cherry trees.
LoreD
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:51 pm
by LoreD
Thank you, Opabinia. That was very helpful. Sometimes the simplest method is the best.
LoreD
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:26 pm
by opabinia51
Give them a good smell as well, If they are sort of sweet. They are ripe..
Also, try the Casaba. It's a great melon.
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 1:41 pm
by Amigatec
LoreD wrote:Thank you, Franco. I did know that, just like botanically speaking tomatoes are fruits. I posted it here because I felt it was more likely to get a response rather than in the area with the apple and cherry trees.
LoreD
This was determined by the courts rather than the botanists.
Their was a tax on fruits and vegatables at the time. The tax was different on fruits than it was on vegatables. The courts deterimined that tomatoes are vegatables so that the higher tax rate could be used.
Re: How to judge when melons are ripe?
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 1:45 pm
by Amigatec
LoreD wrote:This is the first year that I did a lot of melons. I have Sucre de tour ( I think that's right), Canary, Tip Top, Angel, Amy, Honeydew, and Charantais. I'm getting a lot of melons and know how to judge when muskmelons are ripe but I don't know about the cantaloupes, rock melons, etc.
Do all melons slip on the vine when ripe?
LoreD
About 4 inches from the melon will be a small curly vine, when that vine dries up and turns brown the melon should be ripe. I am not sure if all melons have this but I know watermelons do.