Broom Straw Watermelon

If your melon is ripe the straw will actually spin it may not spin like a helicopter blade but it will turn on its own.

Broom straw watermelon.

You can also tell if a watermelon is ripe by placing a dry straw perpendicular to the melon and watching how fast it will align with the melon. Her dilemma was which ripeness checking method should be employed. I ve heard a lot of watermelon myths in my time as the watermelon guy but this one takes the cake. She asked if she should use the thump method or the broom straw method.

How to tell if watermelon is ripe. The broom straw acts like a compass needle and the watermelon becomes more magnetic as it ripens. The riper the watermelon the more magnetic it becomes causing the broom straw to turn towards the magnetic activity just like a compass needle. The lady said she had never heard of doing this.

She was stopping in hempstead tx texas watermelon capital to pick up a melon for our 2009 celebration. Get a piece of broom straw that is as straight and possible and find a pet well rounded spot on your melon lay the piece of straw on that spot and gently let it go. Each watermelon was tested 8 times with each twig being tested once. So if when you place your straw sideways on the bottom of the watermelon the more it turns towards longways the riper the watermelon.

Stacy s method is new to me check out my blog entry to learn about more traditional. The more ripe water the faster it will move in alignment with the melon. The straw acts like a compass needle. The video above posted by stacy lyn harris owner and author of the blog game garden claims that you can test a watermelon s ripeness or sweetness using a piece of straw from a common household broom.

The more it turns the sweeter it is. For the straw test we obtained 3 broom straws from 2 different brooms and a green johnson grass twig harvested just before the test. In a room with minimal wind we tested the theory by placing the straw in the center perpendicular to the stem bloom end orientation. You can find a straw from the broom section of the store.

She could not understand what i was saying so i took out my broom straw laid it on top of the watermelon and it started going around and around. Just pull a dry straw out of the broom and go to the melon section.