1, look at the color and listen. Melons with smooth surface, clear patterns, obvious lines and yellow bottom are ripe melons; Playing a melon with your fingers and hearing the sound of "pengpeng" is a ripe melon; Those who hear the sound of "Dangdang" are not ripe, and those who hear the sound of "poop-poop" are ripe melons.

2, look at the melon handle. Green is ripe melon; Dark brown, fluffy, fragile, curly beard tip turned yellow and withered, which is a melon picked prematurely; The handle of the melon has dried up and it is a "dead vine melon" with poor quality.

3. Look at the head and tail. Symmetrical at both ends, the navel and pedicel are deeply sunken and full around.

4. Specific elasticity. The skin of melon is thin, and it is fragile when pressed with fingers, which is a cooked melon; The nails will crack, and the melon will be soft and ripe.

5. Use your hands. Those who feel empty are ripe melons; All that feels heavy are raw melons.

6. Look at the size. The same variety, the big one is better than the small one.

7. Look at the shape. The melon body is neat and symmetrical, grows normally and has good quality; Melons are deformed, grow abnormally and have poor quality.