Watermelon is a fruit that is always available in the refrigerator in summer, it is not only sweet, cool and summer, but also can treat mouth ulcers, acute laryngitis and other symptoms, so it is loved by the public. But in the purchase of watermelon, some people will not select watermelon, it is easy to buy bad watermelon, in fact, how to select watermelon is a trick, here to see how to select watermelon.
Pick watermelon to listen to the sound
Gently knock the watermelon skin with your fingers, if the watermelon sound is very crisp, and hold the watermelon hand has a feeling of vibration, this melon is ripe melon, generally speaking, will also be sweeter; if you knock on the sound sounds dull, and no sense of vibration, such a melon is not fully mature, should not buy.
Pick watermelon to see the umbilical ring
Watermelon belongs to the cucurbit family crops, the fruit produced is called gourd fruit, which is a gourd family melon unique fleshy fruit, gourd fruit are generally from the stalk to the umbilical ring direction of growth, the smaller the umbilical ring, indicating that the watermelon is not mature, mature watermelon umbilical ring and large and round and will be slightly concave, this watermelon growth time is sufficient, the taste will be sweeter.
Pick watermelon to see the shape
Pick a watermelon should choose a smooth skin, obvious lines, the shape of a more proportional melon, buy watermelon if you encounter flat melon, pointed melon, pot belly melon, flat head melon, such are deformed melon, such a melon more due to poor pollination or other factors lead to hair failure, it is best not to buy. In addition, when picking a melon, pay special attention to the butt part of the watermelon, to pick around the full, the middle of the deeper sunken melon.
Pick watermelon than weight
If judged by the naked eye, the two melon varieties are the same, the size difference is not much, in this case should compare the weight of the two, hold the lighter melon is more mature melon, anyway, the heavier the melon, the less mature. This is due to the fact that, as the watermelon slowly grows, a significant portion of the water is consumed by transpiration when ripe, accumulating more sugar, compared to the weight of the immature watermelon is much lighter.
Pick a watermelon by the tip of the melon
By judging the degree of curvature of the tip, you can generally determine the degree of maturity of the watermelon, in general, the bent tip of the melon, nutrient absorption is more adequate, photosynthesis is stronger, contains more sugar, naturally better taste; and the straighter tip of the watermelon, the taste is slightly inferior, the size of the melon is not as big as the bent tip of the watermelon.
Watermelon ripening test
A look at the plant: from the vine where the melon head is located up and down, if the melon head naturally dried up, it indicates that the growth of watermelon has ended, the watermelon is ripe.
Two listen to the sound: mature watermelon lost a certain amount of water, the sound is more chaotic when you hit the rind with your hand, while the sound of watermelon that is not yet mature is very crisp.
Three test weight: this method is relatively simple, placed in a bucket of water about half a basin of water, the watermelon down, if the watermelon floats on the surface of the water, it is a mature melon.
