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How to Harvest Watermelons

How do you know when a watermelon is ready to pick? And how do you pick when it's ready? You'll learn how to do it all in this episode.

Danielle Sherry, Sarah Breckenridge, Gary Junken, Robyn Doyon-Aitken

Welcome to Homegrown/Homemade, a new video series from FineGardening.com and our sister site FineCooking.com. We’ll be following a gardener (Fine Gardening associate editor Danielle Sherry) and a cook (Fine Cooking Web producer Sarah Breckenridge) as they plant, maintain, harvest, store, and prepare garden vegetables. In this set we demystify the art of growing watermelons.

Episode 3: How to Harvest Watermelons

How do you know when a watermelon is ready to pick? And how do you pick when it’s ready? You’ll learn how to do it all in this episode.


Episode 1: How to Plant Watermelons

Watch Danielle and Sarah prepare a garden bed tailor-made for growing big, juicy watermelons.

Episode 2: How to Care for Watermelons

The Homegrown / Homemade team gives its fledgling plants a perfect supporting cast.

Episode 4: How to Freeze and Preserve Watermelon

Let’s be real: who has room for lots of homegrown watermelons in the fridge? Watch Sarah preserve lots of the fruit in this video.

Recipe: Watermelon Gazpacho Salsa

Our in-house chef Sarah shows you how to create a simple yet delicious salsa. Get the full recipe for the salsa and for the gazpacho on FineCooking.com.

 

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