In that case I am the sweetest watermelon. I have all those scars.

So basically the ugliest watermelon? Easiest way for me to remember!

My Mexican grandparents just slap it and know. They’re right every time 💀

This is so helpful!!! I used to go for the prettier watermelons until now. I’ll prioritize the character from now on. Thanks!

Knock on it, if its high pitched and hollow sounding its perfect almost everytime

YELLOW PATCH - bigger the patch the longer rippen on the ground; the uglier the better. WEBBING - more webbing, more sweet. DARK SPOTS - sugar seeping out. Ive been picking the prettier ones all these years. Now we know.GREAT TIPS! Thanks to you!! 💗 👍👀👍

Thanks for the tips. I’m even more amazed by how you cut the watermelon!!

I’ve been picking the pretty ones this whole time-

The ugliest berries and fruits are usually the sweetest. We grow strawberries and usually small irregularly shaped ones are the most delicious.

I haven’t had the best luck when choosing watermelons 🍉 so I’m sooo excited to try this!!

Yep. These are excellent tips. It actually is good if it sounds hollow instead of dense too. The yello spot is the spot on the ground away from the sun, and not the spot in the sun. It's pale because it doesn't get direct light.

Actually the yellow spot is where it lay on the ground.

I'm definitely going to try this! I was taught to pick out the prettiest because then it means it's not spoiled I think

Omgoodness! These are the ones I avoid! Thanks for the tips!

Wow. I need to try these tips. I never know which to pick, so I usually just grab for what I can carry comfortably and just hope it isn't a bad choice once I get home. Like flipping a coin.

My dad just knocks on it

"The uglier the better"...I am so excited to try this

Just remember the more uglier the more sweeter Lol

Thank u. I have tried many other methods of finding a good watermelon, and none of them worked. I am eager to try yours!

Wait omg this is so helpful, I always thought the big yellow patches meant they were unripe and always picked the most spotless green ones I could find, thank you so much omg 😳

My mama taught me about this as well. I always go that extra mile for the sweetest watermelon. Also those organic watermelon hit so different ❤️❤️❤️❤️

The yellow patch is called the ground spot. It's where the melon was in contact with the ground and, yes, it's the best way to choose a watermelon. It should also feel heavy for its size. Thumping means nothing.

Nice tips! I always knock to listen for hollowness and check it’s weight to see if it feels heavy for its size.

When I pick a watermelon I do use some of these. I go for one with a big dark yellow spot, well defined light/dark green lines and one that sounds super hollow when I hit it. But I have never gotten one with a black/brown spot especially with the juice crystallized on the outside, that means something got into it or hit it and I don’t want more germs inside of my watermelon because watermelons don’t just leak without some sort of hole in it. The yellow spot has nothing to do with the sun though, that’s where that part of the watermelon was on the ground for a long time, was probably there longer than others allowing it to ripen more and become sweeter. I’ve also never heard of the “webbing” having anything to do with pollination… if the watermelon grew it was pollinated, has nothing to do with how many insects went to that flower before the fruit grew. Pollination happens waaay before the fruit even grows, so there’s no possible way you could ever tell how it was “pollinated” other than knowing it was because you’re eating the fruit.

THANK YOU 🫡🙌 You’re literally the BEST!!!! ✨🍉🫶

That yellow patch is not from the sun, that is actually the bottom which is in direct contact with the ground.

Thank you so much for sharing this I was recently in a conversation with a neighbor about how to pick the best sweetest and crunchy watermelon and neither of us knew the answer(s).

In the market basket near me all the watermelons are almost fully yellow and is covered in the webbing and spots

Thanks @MyHealthyDish for these amazing tips. My family loves watermelon 🍉

Those watermelons are perfect

Wow what a great hack got to remember that. Thanks for that keep up the great work!!!

What! I always avoided these ones 😭😭😭

Wow, now I know, I always avoided Mellon's with all three steps. Thank you.

The yellow patches are patches that didn't get any sunlight.to pick the perfect watermelon the smaller stem the better,the greener the better .the pattern also has has to be as balanced as possibly. If the watermelon is greener it means Its got more sunlight.

Love this method. I pick great watermelon every time

Thank you!!!!! I’ve always wondered how to pick the best one.

Ahhhh been avoiding all those markings my entire life 🤣😬🤦

The yellow spot is actually where it was making contact with the ground.

That yeallow patch was where watermelon was on earh, thats soil patch

That is not where it was in the sun, it is where it was touching the ground, not getting light so the chlorophyll didn’t develop.. You want to get the one with the orange, or as close to orange, as possible. That means it spent longer in the field ripening.

The yellow is the field spot, where it was touching the ground

Thanks for the tips. I'll look for this next time I'm buying a watermelon 🍉☀️

Thank you Ma'am, now I know how to pick the right 🍉😊❤️

I had the best melon I ever had last week thanks to you!! I only knew tapping for juicy

So all I got to remember is get the ugliest watermelon and I'll get the best one! LOL I can do that thanks for the tips!

These are all the things my grandpa taught me when I was younger. Needless to say, I have never failed in watermelons 😉😉

I swear ANYTIME I'm looking at fruits and comparing them, some idiot sees me and stands behind me like hurrying me up, like DONT YOU SEE IM BUSY TRYING TO GET MY MONEYS WORTH

Also knock on it, if it sounds hollow, it's perfectly ripe Edit- I just realized someone already said this

gotta show that to my parents 👁️👄👁️

Actually the way my parents taught me was to knock on it like a door

Me, always picking the ✨prettiest ✨ one: 😮

Thank you so much for the tips!!🍉

I always knock on it too. The more more hollow it sounds the better because that means it full of juice not unripe melon.

IT WORKS MY MOM TRIED AND IT WORKED

The ones i ALWAYS DIDN'T PICK..!! 😳😳

Wow, This is super helpful❤️ Thank you for your tips👍

Jeez maam I could smell that melon from across the screen! Def going to try those tips

Oooohhhh thank you for the tip! I never knew how to choose a good watermelon.

I appreciate these tips!!! Thank you!!!

Thank you for this ! I once lugged a heavy watermelon home from the supermarket only to find it was tasteless. I would have thought the least blemishes the better and the yellow patch would put me off but now I know better 😀

Anyone else notice when she cut the watermelon in half that it looked like the Mercedes logo? 😅

Wow! Thanks for these tips! 🙋‍♀️

This helps a lot! “Pretty melons” aren’t as sweet

I’m pretty sure the spot is where it was sitting on the ground… not from the sun. But still means sweeter melon.

You should do a comparison of one that looks better to one that looks horrible but is actually better ya know

glad to know i’m not the only SANE person lifting and moving all the watermelons to get the one i want 😂❤

That watermelon looks so good I’ma try that now 😁

As far as I remember the yellow part is the part that was directly touching the ground. My grandpa used to cultivate watermelons and pumpkins and all sorts of other stuff and that's how I remember it.

the imperfection of the fruit makes it a perfect watermelon.

Finally! After 46 years of my life I finally know. Thank you!!!!

I always wondered why my mum grabbed an ugly watermelon

Um is no one talking about how she cut ALL OF THE RIND OFF FIRST????

I was taught to knock on all of the melons and pick the one that sounds the most hollow...

Me fully interested in what you were saying, completely forgetting that I don’t even like watermelon 😂😂

Girl you are so right that is how my Mother taught me never fails!

My dad just taps it and he knows🤣 and he's always right

This is better than knocking. Knocking on a good watermelon gives this weird low resistance sound, the vibrations moving through the water, you want the watery ones. If it gives back a hard knock sound, no good. But since the pandemic touching stuff isn't cool so this is a better system. I feel like a criminal squeezing avocadoes and mangoes and stuff lol.

Thank you! I always have trouble picking a good one!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! just subscribed

I agree, The Uglier the Sweeter. 🤣

Watermelons show us a great example of "don't judge a book by it's cover"

Thanks 👏 for the tip. Going watermelon 🍉 shopping 🛍 today 😋.

Thank you so much, I buy watermelon for my dogs on hot days but the family always comes and takes most of it at least I will know how to pick the right one now.

My friend is right. The uglier, the better, but the sweetest watermelons are those with seeds. I bought an “ugly” watermelon from Walmart and my neighborhood store. My neighborhood store watermelon tasted WAAAY better. The seeds truly make a difference….Now, I want watermelon.

Thank you so much for the tips! God bless you!!🥰💕🙏

That was a great tip. Thank you!

Got it! I must try that! Thanks

I was waiting for the TAP

Story time! I was in Safeway digging for *my* watermelon and employee came up and told me she didn't want me fondling her produce anymore and that due to the pandemic I had to buy all the melons I touched. 😅 The produce manager was literally working 15 yards away and he laughed with me and told me don't worry, get your watermelon. She started picking up watermelons that I'd presumably touched and throwing them on the floor, going "well we can't sell THIS because you touched it...we can't sell THIS, or THIS..." She had to be physically removed by security. I did get my watermelon 🍉 and I know what happened wasn't my fault and had nothing to do with me or watermelon, but I still feel terrible about the whole thing...that poor girl...

Thank you ❤️

Thank you, I knew about the yellow patch but not the pollination or the sugar spots.

The yellow patch is from where the melon was touching the ground. That yellow patch got no sun.

I've always NOT picked a watermelon if it had those marks! Who knew?

Thankyou for the tips, I usually choose watermelon without patches on them, no wonder it’s never sweet!

The yellow area means this area was in the sun? I thought exacly this area is the part which toughed the soil. And because no sun can shine there its not good colored. I mean i still have this opinion. Because its how it works with Pumpkins and Zucchini also. 🤔 Somebody agree with me??

Perfect example of beauties on the inside

Super sweet like you! Thanks for sharing your tips!

Yay. I learned something new today. Thanks 👍

I followed your advice and no luck at all! I bought 2 watermelons for almost $12 neither was sweet at all 😝

Also, knock on the watermelon like you’re knocking on a door. If it sounds hollow, it’s a good watermelon.