How to Choose the Sweetest Watermelons!

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[@PrairiePlantgirl]

The stem sugars was a new thing I’ve never heard of.

[@harryevans7219]

Congratulations as a high achiever & Gardner. Your East Texas Gardening Great Grandparents would be proud of you. My Mother is your Grandmother's sister. I last saw your Mother, when she was age 8. I live 30 miles from where your Grandmother grew up & spent time, as a 3 year old behind your Grandmother's shoulder in her 50's Chevy Sedan .I am a retired optometrist & hope to meet you ,when this virus is gone, and I am able visit your Grandmother. My high School Classmates from 1960-1965 are impressed with your skills shown your youtube videos. My wife says you have my hands and love for yellow water melons. God Bless

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Harry Evans good to hear from you! Thank you for the kind words and it means a lot to hear those things! Appreciate you watching and for checking out the channel! I never stray far from the house too much so come visit sometime once things are back to normal(ish).

[@isabeldelgado2220]

Yes we would like to know how the seedless watermelon is created. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. ❤🍉❤

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

You got it!

[@PointerNation]

Thanks for the watermelon tips and the new video! I love a good sweet melon and now I can pick the perfect watermelon! 😊

[@chaweka1]

Yep, let's hear about the development of the seedless variety.

[@UnclePaul]

Next time someone calls me a "yellow belly" I'm going to take it as a compliment.

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[@elizabethcain2614]

Great information! Thank you-I am drooling🤓

[@kellygarnet6329]

How do they produce a seedless watermelon?

[@gailwatts6609]

I love your videos, I'll definitely look for you on Instagram!!! I think watermelons with seeds taste alot better, thanks for helping me to pick a good one:)

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

Very welcome! I normally agree seeded watermelons taste better, but they are developing seedless with a lot more sugar content these days! It’s surprising at times! Thank you for watching and for going to check us out on Instagram!

[@stepheniwilson]

I'm interested to know how they produce seedless watermelons.

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

You got it 👍

[@typicallyadingus]

The More You Grow please do that I am highly interested

[@terrancebrown7149]

My uncle moody had a watermelon patch in TX. He would drive his melons to Oakland CA and sell out everytime. Folks would pay through the roof because we had orange and yellow meat watermelons. I wish I could get a good yellow watermelon in Oakland again. rip uncle moody.

[@jamestropicals8262]

Have you seen a Kajari melon? Kajari melons have a beautiful design on the skin and they also have stripes

[@Syncopator]

Another sign of sugar content is something my dad called "sugar spots." He grew up on a farm that grew watermelons, and he showed me that sometimes you'll see small splits, about 1/4" long or so, where the rind has a little split-type opening-- and it's not to uncommon to see a drop or so of that brown "sap" there just like you can sometimes see at the stem. It is possible to get ones that are too sweet, with too many sugar spots, maybe a half dozen or more, and those may be overripe and not that great, but if you see a couple of sugar spots on a watermelon, that's a good sign of sweetness. They seem pretty rare anymore with sugar spots at big box stores, possibly for a couple of reasons, one the melons aren't that sweet because they were picked too early, and two, the growers may have separated out the ones with sugar spots because people who don't know what they are may think they're undesirable defects.

[@jamestropicals8262]

I would Love to try the orangeglo watermelon we have some orangeglo watermelon seeds that we will be planting in our garden this year and can’t wait to taste it! They look so good

[@janetleeharrison]

Always so happy to see a video from you in my subscription list! YES to seedless melon video. Thank you for the three tips. The yellow belly & black stem tips are new to me! I stopped buying because of getting several "green" tasting w-melons in a row. I'm totally trying this!

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

These aren’t always 100% accurate but you’ll get much better results usually than just picking one at random. Thanks for watching!!

[@janetleeharrison]

@@TheMoreYouGrow Not being 100% isn't a deal breaker for me. I'm still gonna try this out a few times! Thanks :D

[@homesteadingwithapurpose9681]

Thanks for the information, it’s watermelon season.

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[@TheMoreYouGrow]

Colleen Rodamer I’m at the school almost every day still checking on things. Work never end for me 😂 good to see ya and thanks for watching!

[@jamestropicals8262]

I’ll be growing orangeglo watermelon in our garden this year! And other varieties of watermelon

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

Orangeglo is one of my favorites for sure

[@jamestropicals8262]

It’s one of my favorite looking melons :)

[@99Jusco]

Thanks for the info on picking a good watermelon. I'm as to curious as to how a seedless watermelon is made. Hope you're enjoying a good watermelon. Have a wonderful day!

[@Johnathan-kf9px]

Growing my own fruits taste way better then from the store and also id like to know how to produce seedless watermelons because all I can grow are seed in

[@davidcaldwell3526]

Great video. Until now, I had no idea how to pick a good watermelon. By the way, I have several hummingbirds coming to my feeders after watching your how to make nectar video. I had two questions about feeding hummingbirds. Do you use soap to clean the feeders, and when you take the nectar out of the refrigerator should you wait for it to be room temperature before hanging the feeders outside?

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

David Caldwell it’s not always 100% but give you much better results than picking at random. Thanks for watching!

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

David Caldwell on the hummingbird feeders I often don’t use soap just because it’s hard to get it all off. Just hot water and a good scrubby brush. anymore I usually make just enough to fill the feeders at the time rather than make a bunch and store it, but if I do store it in the fridge I don’t wait too long to put it out. Just because it will warm up quick outside and not sure if it’s the best or scientifically accurate but I would think the little guys would enjoy a cool drink on a hot day 😁. I’m actually making an updated hummingbird nectar video this next week hopefully. I’ve learned a lot from online and hummingbird experts I know how to make it much easer and simpler than I have been. The recipe is the same but much faster and easier making process

[@maisawesome7005]

Start at 3.45 for instruction. I am disappointed because you did not cut the watermelon.

[@a4000t]

I tried 5 different types of watermellon seeds this year in Central Texas and every one made softball sized mellons and then got end rot or the vines died and thats as big as they got. not sure what went wrong? Overwatering? Alkaline water/soil?

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Your videos are awesome! Thanks for sharing your wisdom!! Now, can you tell us your name?? When I reference your videos, I call you, "The Young guy from Texas" lol GOD Bless!

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

My name is Erik. I appreciate the support!

[@mathmaster13]

Yeah, because you sure as hell cannot see the inside of a watermelon unless you buy it beforehand.

[@angeeloctober5474]

yes please how they get seedless

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

You got it👍

[@shonnonguest7976]

Seedless watermelon? Sign me up!

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

You got it! 👍

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Whoop!!

[@ahoorakia]

a good 3 min video extended 9.30min would be nice if you cut it open so we can see the result!

[@jamestropicals8262]

Do you have banana plants?

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

I do! Plant to talk about them a bit this spring/summer

[@jamestropicals8262]

Make a new video! I’ve been waiting for 3 months lol

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

Lol I promise I am working on it. When life give it keeps on giving in my world of things apparently. In the video after the next one I put up got some of those big changes I’ll be talking about. They are awesome though! Thanks for sticking with me though!

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