How to Pick a Sweet Watermelon Every Time - The Old Aussie Way

You stand in front of a bin of watermelons and every one looks the same. So you tap one, give it a squeeze, and hope. Then you get it home, cut it open, and it's pale and watery. Straight in the bin — money and all. Well, I'll fix that today. There are seven little signs on a melon — signs the growers know and your grandmother knew — that tell you exactly which one is sweet before you ever cut it open. My old man could turn a melon over in his hands for ten seconds and know. As a boy I thought it was magic. It wasn't. It was seven things he was checking without even thinking about it. And number four the greengrocer will never point out to you. Most folks think it's a flaw. It's actually the surest sign of a sweet one on the whole melon. Worth knowing before you go: a watermelon can't ripen any further once it's picked. What you buy is what you get — so you'd best learn to read it. CHAPTERS 0:00 Six dollars, straight in the bin 1:07 G'day, I'm Jack 2:03 Sign one — turn it over and look at its belly 2:59 Sign two — what the tail tells you 3:46 Sign three — give it a knock 4:25 Sign four — the one nobody tells you 5:32 Sign five — weigh it up 6:11 Sign six — the shape 6:56 Sign seven — folks get this one backwards 8:05 All seven, together Tell me down in the comments: how does your family pick a melon? I'll bet a few of you have a trick your dad or your nan swore by that I've never even heard of. That's how the old knowledge stays alive — don't keep it to yourself. ABOUT OLD JACK G'day. I've got a few acres out past the town here, a mob of chooks that reckon they run the place, and a veggie patch that's kept me and the missus in tucker for more years than I care to count. I didn't learn any of this from a book — I learned it from parents who'd been through the tough years, when you didn't waste a thing and you grew what you ate. On this channel I pass on the old ways: growing food, keeping chooks, and making do. No fancy gear. No expensive nonsense. No chemicals. Just what works, same as it did a hundred years back. Subscribe and I'll see you back here next time. #watermelon #gardeningtips #oldways