How to tell when your homegrown cantaloupes are ripe

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I've been growing cantaloupes for about 5 years. The first year I grew them I didn't know how to tell when the melons were ripe, so I kept giving the biggest melon a squeeze to see if it was ripe. By the time it was ripe, it had a big bruise--a bad spot that had to be cut out. Don't make my mistake; watch this video to see how to tell when a cantaloupe is ripe.

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First video I found about harvesting cantaloupe. Thanks for sharing. None of my stems look like they are ready to go yet, and it's starting to cool off. hopefully a few more sunny days to fix that.
Very informative and straight to the point. Thanks.
great we piked one melon to erley
nice video, thanks! just grew my first ones and now waiting, waiting…
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can u still eat rockmelon ripe
Thanks, I needed to know this... good demonstration...
Thank you
Thanks for sharing. :)
thank you, very helpful
Thanks for this. Very useful.
Informative video, thank you!
I wish I would have watched this a few hours ago, I picked mine too soon as it didn't pop off the vine easily. I had to twist it off. At least I have one more growing on the vine albeit tiny.
This was excellent. Thank you so much...I almost picked one too early.
Missey: I had to hand pollinate out here, due to the lack of bees. The female blossoms have an immature fruit, the males a straight stem. Some of my neighbors use a camels hair brush to transfer the pollen from the male blossoms to the femmes, but I am to lazy for that. I just strip the petals off of the male, and doctor the femme with same. It has worked for me.
Thanks for the insight. It has been wet in Texas, so I will take on board the styrofoam recommendation
How long does it take for the cantaloupes to start growing? I have a few vines with lots of flowers.
thank you, your video was the only one I could find that simply explained how to tell if my melons where ripe.
I have a melon thAt is not netting and has scarring on it from the outside getting scratched by birds should i just trash it its been a good size for a month its not soft at all still hard and yellowing in a spot now