1. Look at the color.

Mature watermelons will be dark green or emerald green in color, and the bottom has begun to yellow; But the green of immature watermelon is tender and not bright enough.

Look at the melon skin

Looking at the melon skin is the most intuitive observation method. Ripe melon skin lines will be obvious, the edges of each stripe road are clearly visible, and the surface is smooth. There is no obvious dividing line at the grain edge of immature melon skin. In addition to bright colors, the whole melon skin looks foggy, like a layer of dirty ash, and there is even a little fluff on the surface that grows from maturity.

Check the melon handle

Melon peduncle, also known as pedicel, is a short vine on the watermelon head. Generally, pedicels with good taste are curved and juicy, but pedicels with low curvature are not mature enough. Mature watermelon is a watermelon with a green stem. Although Guati is curved, it will break when it is broken, and it has become very brittle, and even a little bit has withered, that is, the melon picked before it is ripe. Huahua often eats this kind of melon, which is also a common melon on the market. The handle of melon is usually black.

Watermelon varieties

First, Kirin watermelon

As the first watermelon variety in the Top Ten Watermelon Varieties List, Kirin Watermelon is the most common and earliest watermelon in the market, because its planting cycle is short, and it only takes about 60 days from sowing to harvesting. The watermelon juice of Kirin watermelon is thick, rich, sweet and cut, with good taste and quick effect. However, the requirements for the growing environment, soil and sunshine are very high.

Second, Annong II.

The variety of Annong No.2 watermelon is what we often say. Its sugar content is very high and it tastes very good. An Nong 2 has about 700 plants per mu, and the ideal melon shape can be achieved by timely watering and topdressing in the young melon period. This kind of melon is oval, big, hard-skinned and resistant to transportation. This variety has oval fruit, green peel, dark green sawtooth band, bright red pulp, crisp juice and central sugar 10- 12 degrees.

Third, seedless watermelon with flower skin.

Needless to say, seedless melon ranks third in the top ten list of watermelon varieties, because it is seedless, which is an ideal state for people who eat watermelon and don't like to spit watermelon seeds. Moreover, seedless melon with flower skin weighs 5-6 kg, and its skin is light green, with 17 wide green stripes evenly distributed on it, and its thickness is 1. 14 cm, and its flesh is pink.