When to pick a Watermelon? I need help

Out in the Watermelon patch again and I'm still not sure if they are ready or not, some kind of sound hollow, some have nice buttery bottoms also, the stems are all still green but the tendrils are mostly brown, I think these might be yellow Watermelons. I'm going to try picking one a little later today and see what's inside. #modernhomestead #homesteading #homestead #watermelon #garden

[@normawingo5116]

Nope not hollow enuf! I wait till the bellybutton is brownish. Try indeterminate watermelons so they ripen at different times all season, like the ones from the Navajo rez. I get indeterminate everything seeds so you don’t have huge messes of the same stuff to eat, can etc. try the little French cantaloupe from France, and make watermelon jerky, jelly and rind pickles so you have that great blast of watermelon flavor all winter. 😋