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Originally Posted by Fusion_power
Worth, I hate to break this to you, but there are melons that get sweeter off the vine. They are commonly identified as winter storage melons which taste kind of like cardboard when first picked, but after a few months storage sweeten up nicely. That said, I agree that the common muskmelon/canteloupe we grow in the south has to be grown right to be sweet and has to be picked at the peak of ripeness to be worth eating.
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I know about the storage melons these aren't the one Bubba is pushing on the side of the road that he drove to the valley and bought direct from the farm.
Now the woman that sells watermelons on the side of the road north of me in a bikini now those are home grown sweet melons.
Worth