How to Know if Watermelon is Ripe - Proven Methods [TURN ON SUBTITLES]
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2014
- Just a little fun!
Before you comment: Yes, I know the music is very loud in comparison to the voices. This is a now five-year-old video, and I definitely have learned and grown since this! Please turn subtitles on to understand us better!
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Stacy Lyn Harris shares the "how to's" of picking out the perfect watermelon. She and her gardening "expert," Forrest, do some experiments to determine what are wives tales and what is the reality when choosing a ripe watermelon. Don't forget to visit www.StacyLynHarris.com for the blog post! 
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I have now added subtitles to this video. Please let me know if I need to adjust them at all. Hope this helps!
Is that loud music really necessary? Removing the music would help a lot to understand what y‘all are sayin‘. Thanks
Stacy.... Even though I'm not american, I can understand what you are saying above the music. I'm not sure what reason the others have for not being able to hear you... :)
I've heard many other videos with music much louder than yours, though in the long run it's definitely best to have just speech rather than music anyway. As you have now found out lols. BUT it wasn't that annoying for me at all and you were easy to understand for me...!!!
@@RobiBue How do you remove music if you don't have the video file anymore? :(
@@wrapupnaturalee8351 Thank you so much for your kind words. I did this video a while back and one of my young sons videotaped and edited it. I am very proud of him for doing this. I thank you for your kindness. Some aren't quite as kind!
Stacy Lyn Harris it’s unfortunate that the raw vid isn’t available anymore. Personally I wouldn’t have added the music, but that’s my opinion. Others like it... I must say, that the idea on “scientifically” choosing/evaluating the “goodness” of a watermelon is intriguing/interesting. I’m just at an age where my hearing gets conflicted when there’s music and talk going on at the same time and it ends up as tone-salad; hardly able to tell what is what...
I can't for the life of me understand why it's necessary to add music to a video. It's usually too loud and just as in the case of this video it sounds like you're trying to talk over the music to be heard...and I'd like to hear what you're trying to teach but I can't and won't turn up the music to try and hear you speak louder. So I suggest next time you put a video together skip the music and just teach from your heart. I could only take 36 seconds of unnecessary music and I had to stop and type (instead).
I agree. It's not just these folks. It's basically to everybody -why add music that detracts from your message?
@@ocneal I wouldn’t really mind it if it weren’t so loud, but these guys have the music turned up way too loud. Totally ridiculous, the dialogue audio should never have to compete with the background music - keyword: *background.* What’s the point of even recording audio at all if you’re just gonna drown it all out with loud music??? Lol like isn’t this video supposed to be instructional/informative? How is anyone supposed to learn anything if they can’t even hear what you’re saying? So annoying
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I too would prefer to listen to the presenter than the background music or the music should be at a level that its just white noise
Useless
Now I'm gonna do a search for a video that teaches me how to pick a watermelon.
I agree, please lower or remove background music. Very interesting video, however. I enjoyed it.
Interesting and informative. You put in a lot of preparation and work - and yes - LOOSE THE MUSIC, as if you didn't already know, sorry! Great video overall!
Appreciate the information. Unfortunately, the music interferes with what you're trying to convey, especially when you were tapping the watermelons for sound.
Yeh. I am writing from 2023. Now with the help of AI it is possible to completely remove the music, which is what I did before watching. Video is Interesting and informative, thanks!
Great to see someone put to the test different methods of checking for ripeness of a watermelon. Would loved to had been able to hear more of what ya'all were saying though.
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Excellent video and tips, unfortunately the music was too distracting from the video content. Thank you for the vid.
Very Important info...we were all waiting! Music n ' eating up your words ' ...killed it!!! Our tome is Valuable!!!!!!
I'm more confused than ever but appreciated your effort.
Very nice! Next time when I am going to store to buy a watermelon 🍉, I have to dig a hole, taste it and check sugar content using a refractometer before buying. I hope store manager will help me during that process.
Informative videos should always be devoid of music so you don't lose your audience.
love the test. ya dont need the background music. great idea!
I can't believe I watched the whole thing and still don't know how to pick a watermelon at the grocery store. :(
You'd have to bring your refractometer, and dig a core out and test it. I'm sure the store would love that.
Don't sweat it, just make sure the main stem is dried up, and it resonates when you thump it.
@@whisperingsage HA HA HA!!
ME TOO.....LOL
Look on the melon for the places where the bee's slice the rind off. It will be like a scrape. They look for the sweetness. Not the ones where they laid on the ground but the actual be bites. That would tell you it is a sweet and ripe melon.
Would be nice if we could hear what you're saying instead of the music.
Well, we did hear what she was saying. :)
I was just going to post that. The music made it much harder to hear them.
Stacy, if that music was added on youTube you can try and upload the video again without adding music this time, if not maybe someone on Fiverr can help you get rid of it.
The video is interesting though :)
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Daryly at Two Family Homestead will be doing Filmora lessons live tonight. He can show you how to adjust the volume of the music easily with Filmora! it was great meeting you last night :)
You NEED to turn the Freakin' music down.
No take the music off and throw it away.....how annoying.....
The music was stupid
The music wasn't stupid but just too loud. It takes away from what is being said to me .
@@my3andme221 no it was pretty stupid. It ruined the video as a result of it.
I agree. Couldn’t watch the video. Music was driving me nuts. Too hard to focus on what they were saying while trying to intentionally ignore the music.
Wow. What a team effort. Nice to see someone trying their best to help out those who appreciate it. Thanks.
Thank you!! I sure appreciate you being so kind!
Hi Stacy...great vid. It would be nice if the music was softer. It's hard to concentrate on what your saying. Thx!
So, first of all, I want to thank you for taking the time and effort in producing this video. Thank You! I just dont think I have all that time to go to a supermarket, etc to determine which is the best and sweetest. As for myself, I dont like watermelon but I hope that this video helps all of you watermelon lovers in the world.
Watched many watermelon picking youtube videos, Yours is the best and the most methodical one.
I normally pick watermelon by listening to the pitch, and press the watermelon to make sure it is not too soft to avoid over-ripe one. Great job!
its a really good video but the sound of the music is too loud, it makes difficult to understand what you guys are saying!
The world is full of people who have trouble maintaining mental focus and who don’t have the ability to concentrate on your instructions while the music is playing. Great video, thanks.
I had trouble hearing the dialog. The music was too loud. But, thanks for the research!
Hey Stacy, can you please watch the video's a little before you upload them. As someone who is deaf, I cannot see what you are writing on the board. You might also want to do up a video, for those of us who are deaf and cannot rely on the thump test to find a ripe watermelon.
Wow! Who knew there were so many ways to pick a Watermelon. Very nice tutorial! Thank you.
Ignore the comments about the music. I am hard of hearing and didn't even realize the music was different than any other RUclips video. This is YOUR video. If you wanted to blast music though it, go for it. I'm just grateful for all of the hard work you put into it.
Thank you so much. I haven't even been reading the comments, but I thought, "what the heck?" So I saw yours and want to thank you for it. I was just thinking about the work I am putting into the videos and I am doing it to help other people's lives easier or to entertain with a little bit of learning. I'm grateful for people like you!
Thank you so much for all of the time and effort you put into this video. You saved a few watermelons from my grasp tonight lol. I'm gonna wait for the right sound and color. Your video was fun to watch and very informative. Keep up the amazing work and don't let anyone take away that shine :)
@@snuggliebunnie You are truly a God-send. You really have no idea how timely your comment is. Truly. Thank you.
Gotta say, that density test was pretty impressively scientific. Cool video!
You confused me more 😂
I am growing Sweet Siberian this year. Its a variety that grows well in our Canadian climate.Nice presentation. I now have some good ideas.
Wow! This was so great. My husband and I had our first garden this year and, like the 12 year-olds we were acting like, we ran into a snag or 5. We have 5 really big watermelons out there and no clue what to do! Lol! We have been thumping and bumping for a while, and the neighbors are laughing. But thanks for this video! I was looking for something else, so this really is a happy surprise!
No one mentioned “scars “. I learned many moons ago that when a watermelon has lots of scars on the bottom it indicates that the bugs are trying to get into it because of the sweetness.
What do you call bottom? The yellowish part where it sits on the ground?
I check for bee stings and dark sap on the melon, which is supposed to be crystallized sugar. It works 9/10 times.
The "bee stings" was what I always looked for to determine ripeness. Unfortunately, it isn't always easy to find those in stores.
Bee stings??? Please share!!! ☺️
I'm curious, please explain!
Cool video! My 7 year old son and I did a garden this year in our yard and I planted some watermelons and stuff, which took off, but I had no idea when to take them off the vine!
Mainly 90% is the how the batch of watermelons are overall. I have worked 40 years in the business and if a bin comes in with good melons they are all usually good or all usually bad. The only empirically scientific way to get a better melon is to hit one side and put you hand on the other side feeling for a vibration, or a hollow sound. This is an indicator that the inside is crisp, crunchy and not mushy or over ripe. The down side is it only prevents you from buying a bad one but crisp doesn't mean it will be red ripe. But you now have increased your odds to buy an edible melon. Look for melons that don't have a green stem. A yellow bottom means the melon got good sunlight. That's the best you can do other than ask how they are coming in:)
Love this!! Thank you!!
Cut the music down. Distracting to hear what you're saying. You need to proof view your video's before posting !!!
Great info! the music is way too loud, would be nicer (for me) without music.
I had a produce man tell me a surefire method for a ripe delicious melon. He said "Look at the flower end (as opposed to stem end) of the watermelon. if it has a bunch of what looks like little bee stings, it is because the melon is sweet and they try to draw out the sugar. Darned if it hasn't been 100% accurate so far.
LOVED this video. LOVED the chart..I now have a list of criteria for picking watermelons at the grocery store: dark color,
creamy yellow color on spot where watermelon rests, firm, low pitch, and heavy. This solves a household mystery so everyone in the house can relax when I head for the watermelon with my carving knife and someone says, "'no, no it's not ripe!' Ha!
Thanks Peggy!! Glad you watched!
Wow, music is too loud.
Yes re-do the video with the music in the back ground ... please
Great lesson. lost alot on unripe melons. YOU have just saved me a fortune.Thanks
Awesome video! I chose the first WM from left to right as soon as I saw it because of the dark green color. It turned out to be the sweetest! The music was superb, I loved it -- in spite of some complaining. Thanks for making and sharing the video. BTW, your regional accents are superb -- added to the charm and sophistication of the video. Bravo to the both of you!
please please redo without music.....bye now
Ripeness Results: Dark and Dull appearance, Yellow Bottom, Firm, with a Low Pitch
That was really interesting. The watermelon is probably the hardest of melons to judge. I grow other types of melon which I either judge by the change in fragrance (as I enter the greenhouse, it can be overwhelming when ripe), some liquid coming from the stem or the pressure test. Others say about the tendril condition as an indicator. However, none of that helps with watermelon. You both did a comprehensive assessment there, but I was willing the straw test to be right! Thanks, guys!
You win the trophy for having the most mention of music to loud!!
I don't even hardly look anymore!
nice video. just a suggestion: lower or eliminate the background music, it is annoying.
Eliminate.
Well done guys. My daughter just discovered that the small the the circle where the stem was the sweeter it is and yellow bottom. Thank you for sharing
The pitch test was strange but rly cool to see that it possibly made the difference and I will be using that tip
Good Lord people. They never claimed to be doing a scientifically accurate lab experiment. They were just having fun. If you want a video of the same melons, different sized melons, melons with their own forks, control melons, etc... then do your own experiment. She even put the word prove in quotations to suggest it wasn't really proof, and was subjective. Also, I heard her fine over the music. I do agree that I couldn't see the chart, but they did very well at explaining everything they put on the chart so there really was no need for me to see it with 100% clarity. Plus, I'm using a tiny phone screen so that could be my fault. Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed watching.
It was a very nice and informative video and since I know nothing about how to tell ripe from unripe, I decided to watch it. I was much wiser afterwards. Now Im sure the comment section is there for people to 'comment' and people were very nice and their one biggest complaint was the music. If nobody said anything, how would Stacy know the music was drowning out some of the info. I bet that will come into consideration the next time she does a video.
Can't Hear You Over The Music!!!! CARRYING ON!!!
My uncle taught me this when I was 7yrs old & it really does work! Rip unc!
Thank you for all the time consuming work!
Great video, but lose the music. It's competing with your voices, and hard to tune it out.
What competition?? Ha!!
Not only that, but it's putting me to sleep!
Thank you you're channel is smart and educational well done.
I have been looking for a good video on this very topic. Thank You I look at the stem.
The music takes away from what you're trying to accomplish here. It would be much better without it.
AM based in the uk and absolutely love your accents and generous spirits x thank you - is that tenessee?
Stacey, the video was great and you were awesome! My husband always picks a watermelon by pitch and I go by weight and yellow lol 🍉🌞🎉🎤🎸🍉👏
I really tried to watch you guys lol I'm glad you had fun making this vid !
Thanks for the vid but the music was just a distraction especially when you were tapping the melons.
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It would have been nice just to hear the tapping....even with the music, it would have been educational to hear the differences in the pitch for myself, and not just take your word for it....
I can't hear what you said, with the stupid guitar repiting the same tune over and over again. stop it
I just watched your video from New Jersey awesome video I enjoyed every minute of it thank you for doing that
Awesome. Hope you like it!!
Just missed the bus outside the shop selling the water melons......as was too busy testing your methods......hey well done, but I decided to pick the one that was already cut open in the end, pre sliced portion and it was yummmmmmmmmy... had more water in it than real water!!!! By the way it was green outside and red inside with tiny little black seeds sitting on eyelets, watching me watching you and I ate the lot.....yummmmmmy!
It was the best I have watched, and very informative. The only request I have is a round up at the end. You should have given us a summary of your findings, and showed us the melon you picked with the reasons .
People are complaining about the music, if you are using ear buds, the music is on one side & the other is dialogue.
Just pull the right side bud out!
VOILA!
NO MUSIC !
It is in BOTH sides.
That was absolutely fun, Stacy. I guess the bottom line is, grow your own watermelon and let them ripen on the vine, dark green with yellow on the bottom and a good, low "thump"! 😁
Lol!!!! Too funny!!! I saw the video. Then read the comments.
Had to go back and watch again to see (hear) what you all were talking about.
Having worked in a noisy call center, I have learned to block unnecessary noise out. Didn't even realize there was music in the background as my brain deemed it UNNECESSARY.
Music doesn’t help when trying to listen thumbs test
Re-do the video without the noise! This would be good to know.
millerjoan agree. Redo with no music. With a better white board method and cut the melons
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Yeah, and maybe clean up the counters. Y’all left stuff all over the place...
Very much appreciate your vids, just pok’n fun.
Why don’t you make your own video or don’t watch if it bothers you! Dang people, good lawwrd..!!!
Jeanine Barbaro, I could appreciate the information and tips she was giving, except I could not hear them. Go troll elsewhere!
The point of the thumbs up button is to show that you agree with what someone said without having to generate another comment with the same information. We understand the music’s a little distracting. You don’t have to comment that multiple times or be rude. Just simply deal with it or find another video.
I learned many from this video , thanks from Iran ......
Guess I didn’t have an issue with the music. Some people have to complain about something. Was a great experiment on determining how to select a melon. Only thing would be to do the sample taste first and rate them blindly. Sometimes seeing the data steers you toward the better rated melon. Thank you for this fun and helpful production...
I found the ‘field patch’ to be the best method, but to be honest whatever farmers did to make them seedless has changed them all together. I’ve not had a nice sweet/juicy watermelon since I was a kid, and I’m almost 50! 🤷🏻♀️Sad.
Seedless is the only melons recently seen. As kids we used to see who could seed spit the furthes. Without seeds, the melons can be fully enjoyed without concerning ourselves with disposing the black seeds. You owe yourself a seedless melon. They are wonderful and bring new joy to this wonderful fruit.
Jonathan Scott I’ve had! Not a fan :(
I understand this to be published 4 years ago, I tend to be late with most vlog's but I'll weigh in. Me too! GMOs have altered a great deal of great foods. And yes, GMOs have also helped bring more food to humanity but I miss the old fruits and veggies before GMOs !
Sanjay Shetty Not at all, and not at age 50 LOL!
Seedless melons are GMO.
When I lived in Sacramento California, we would go to visit family in San Francisco CA. and along the valley route there Interstate 80, there were farmers fruit stands, all kinds of fruits, veggies, nuts and homemade breads! That is where we would find the greatest watermelons. Those that haven't sat in the warehouse of a supermarket.
I enjoyed the tips but couldn’t make out any writing on the board so it was really hard to follow going thru the video. You two were enjoyable to watch, which was all I could do over that dang music 😆😆.
Thé background music is annoying and stops me from hearing what you’re saying
This video is fantastic!!
Great video thanks. Would be interesting to know if they were all from the same field (same nutrients).
The Sound Test gave the correct answer. One more traditional criteria is to observe the immature fruit remains less growth near its stem. The another method is to measure the "roundness" of the Watermelon overall or say more symmetric at top and at the bottom compared to the fruits of the same field.
Save some time and after you plug the watermelon just taste them to see which is best, lol. One of my first jobs I had was in a grocery store in the 1960's and back then it was common to plug the watermelon to taste before buying. I find that a majority of watermelons at markets today are not that sweet. I don't know if it's because they are picked too early or if it's because seedless varieties just are not as good. I tend to think it's because they are picked too early just like the rest of the tasteless fruits that are in markets today. Gotta feel sorry for those who have never tasted a tree or vine ripened fruit.
+Don L Yes, I believe you are right, melons sent to market are picked too early and unfortunately melons do not finish ripening on the store shelves as say a tomato or a mango would. The grocer needs to buy in large quantities to amortize shipping and to get the best wholesale prices therefore the melons from that large shipment must be able to sit on the store shelf for weeks until sold. Often excess is kept refrigerated to extend this shelf time. Bottom line is large markets purchasing out of season from far away will sell melons picked too early for economic reasons and therefore will never be sweet. Unfortunately too many varieties of other fruits and vegetables are often not selected for flavor but rather for economic reasons... size and quick growth thereby many intentionally have greater water content and thus less flavorful. That's why I now shop local farmer's markets and also grow a garden in the summer. We purchase fruits and vegetables when in season and try to freeze the excess for out of season.
agree with you picked too early
I am in Amsterdam and the same thing here
I stopped buying seedless watermelon as they are not as sweet as I would like.
Seedless is lifeless. No taste to them at all.
Touche;
Music too loud. Louder than you sometimes
I had heard the width of the bands - more than 2 fingers. Last time I did that, it worked, too. Thanks for doing this :)
Thank you! worked great for me.. I just had a delicious one! :D
It would have been very nice without that blasted music, Thanks anyway.
I could not watch. Why do people insist on music and volume that conflicts with those speaking.
I have four watermelons in my garden. This did help
Picking a sweet watermelon is like trying to pick a winning lottery ticket lol
My left ear is convinced but not my right ear though.
I only hear out of my right ear so thanks for letting me to know to switch my headphones around.
For a finale... you should have cut all those watermelons to show a more visual look what is inside. Also, the volume of the music is louder than your voice audio. Just my two cents.
Tino Guanlao ....I could agree more. Plus there was a lot of rambling during the board review.
I've got a question for you too I was born and raised Inez Texas if I can say I grew up on watermelon but when they started to going to seedless watermelon watermelon seems to lose a lot of it taste what do you guys think? I love your video but I agree with one of the comments you really need to have softer music so we can hear you guys better thanks for putting this out there for it
really fun video!
Just check to see if the nearest tendril is dried up. If it is, then it's ripe. Easy peasy.
Don't have tendril in the shop watermelons. The method shown here will help you choose in the shop, while yours will help you pick from the garden.
Also the music is so loud I can't hear you
3:00 lol "well you cant measure heavy" lol I cant stop laughing that accent tho just made the line that much better omg (to make you feel better tho i have a horrible Canadian accent, its super funny to hear my self on video and stuff) i don't mean to troll (wait yes i do) but crap its called weight or mass ya thats right that heavy thing you cant measure well you can with pounds, kilos, oz, grams, stones, Newtons, tons, grains, milligrams, pennyweights, drams, hectograms, dekagrams, decigrams and centigrams that i know of and i'm pretty sure the list goes on. sorry for the troll but man come on now that lines just sad "you cant measure heavy" hahaha. but for real tho thx for the video i learned a good amount from both of you thx
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I could not watch this video switched off halfway,because of the music and you two seems to be having a communication problems.☹
This one might be a little better: ruclips.net/video/e5oSUNfLb_E/видео.html
The music is distracting.
I agree with the music issue. I can just picture myself in my local grocery store doing these tests in front of the produce manager!
As others' posted below, drop the music the next time; It only makes for your voices being hard to understand. Other than that, enjoyed your vid on the watermelon testing. I like the old type of melons that had mucho seeds in them. I seem to believe they were much sweeter than the seedless type.
Imagine getting into a hassle at the supermarket with others waiting to buy a watermelon because you're wasting time trying to pick the perfect one using these techniques.
You can't Possibly do this test at Any store unless you go in the backroom first and play this #&@-#! Music over the speaker system, otherwise it just won't work.,..Y'all....🤣😂
@@ceisarsrepair7958 lololololol I’m dead 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀💀💀