r/watermelons

Georgia rattlesnake 16.7lbs. After the fungus, and half my garden killed . I finally got a fully mature watermelon and it’s so sweet 🥺💕

First year growing watermelon, I read a bunch of info on when to pick. But I most likely should've asked this sub long ago. I saw things about tendrils going brown, aswell as waiting till stems turn brown and the vines came off the melon without any tools. I waited till the vines turned brown and I could break free the watermelon without cutting the stem. But this is how they turned out. The flavor is very minor and isn't very juicy at all. I'm disappointed TBH. I do have 1 more about this size that the tendrils dried up a month prior as well as a smaller one that just browned up 2 weeks ago.

Is this overripe? I'm not good with the thump test and my only tell that this is overripe was from the cracks that formed inside.

Just harvested my first Mountain Sweet Yellow! Absolutely delicious.