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Don't Leave The Grocery Store Before Weighing Your Watermelon. Here's Why By Maria Scinto Oct. 19, 2025 6:00 am EST

One of the biggest mistakes you can make when buying a watermelon is not choosing one that's ripe and juicy. Unlike green bananas or rock-hard avocados, watermelons don't ripen after they're picked, and, since the average watermelon weighs 20 pounds, it's a pretty big fail if you bring home a dud. There are numerous tricks when it comes to selecting a just-right melon: The rind should be dull instead of glossy, the stem should be shriveled, and there should be a yellow spot where the melon rested on the ground. One other factor to take into consideration is how much it weighs.

A juicy melon is a heavy melon, since water adds weight. If you find two or m

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