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How do you know when its right to pick rockmelons?


I live in Brisbane Australia & we have a few growing in the back yard do you pick them when they are still green or do you wait till fully ripe?? Hints & tips please.

In North America, these rockmelons are called canteloupes. I pick mine when they're almost ripe on the vine and that way I'll have really sweet fruit in a few days. They are a terrific source of vitamin C and they're only about 50 calories per half. Right now, all I can pick in my garden in southern Ontario is snowballs. Enjoy your melons! & good growing.
The Muse

What is a rockmelon? We have several kinds of melons in the US, but I've never heard of this kind. I want some....right now!

From:
http://www.freshfruit.com.au/subs/faq/fa...

"Rockmelons are a bit tricky. If there is none of the 鈥榮tem鈥?or 鈥榖ud鈥?at all left on the rockmelon then it is ripe. If this area is broken, then it is over-ripe."

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