This one was 43lbs. Maybe let it go too long, the center was getting mushy and bad flavor. Had to toss the core area. Still getting the hang of this... Melons can be hard to tell when to pick.
Brad, Have you figured out how to tell when to pick a watermelon yet. I'm have some oranglo started here in Fl, and was just wondering how you tell if they are ready to pick.
Thanks, joe.
Theres the standard indicators all melons have like the tendril drying up, and also the white area on bottom of the melon turns yellow.
On the orangeglos the bottom of the melon turns from white to light orange. As soon as you see that, its time to pick. They get over ripe fairly quick, at least in summer. For here I can tell by the size of the fruit and the color of the bottom. About 30lbs is prime size/ripeness here.
You will have to experiment to figure it out there as your weather and all is much differwnt than here. But for sure bottom spot orange is a good indicator.