Got a very good one from Costco last week

We had a really good one from Wegmans last week.

Anonymous wrote:If so, please tell me where you got one. I’ve bought 3 so far and they taste like, well, water. No flavor whatsoever.

I guess I am the lone sufferer who has the same experience. I am in California and even the already cut up watermelon is pale and watery. If the produce people can’t choose a watermelon, what chance do I have?

We've been buying them from Trader Joe's. Have bought like 4 so far this season and they have been great! We get the round ones, about bowling ball size. The heavier the better tasting.

Yes. Surprisingly. I bought 2 from Giant in the last 2 weeks and they were so sweet.

Do you know how to properly pick watermelons?

Anonymous wrote:Yes, at both Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods. The key is making sure that the skin is not shiny, more matte, and has a good sunspot on the bottom – yellowish brown area – which means it was left to ripen.

OP here. Wow! Thanks for the great advice!

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Anonymous wrote:If so, please tell me where you got one. I’ve bought 3 so far and they taste like, well, water. No flavor whatsoever.

Same here. Plums and watermelons have been watery, Georgia peaches delicious.

I bought 4 red plums from Wegmans (Fairfax) yesterday. All gone now, and wishing I had bought the whole lot. Best plums I have had in a very long while. For reasons I don't understand, Wegmans consistantly has better tasting fruits than other stores. I buy grapes exclusively from them now.

Nope but had really good cantaloupes from Costco, 3 times in a row, so 6 cantaloupes

Had a great one from Aldi.

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Anonymous wrote:If so, please tell me where you got one. I’ve bought 3 so far and they taste like, well, water. No flavor whatsoever.

Yes. I've had three and all have been sweet and crisp. I learned the secret to choosing sweet watermelon from Willard Scott when he was on the Today show. Here it is:

Take a strand of real straw (hardware store in my area carries straw brooms. The fake straw won't work) and lay it on melon and if the straw starts moving in a circle then its sweet. This method has never failed and I've been using it for years. Obviously, you need to put melon on a flat surface.

What? Is this really a thing?

Anonymous wrote:I only buy the precut ones which of course are more expensive but you can see which are super red inside.

They behave also been cut days earlier.

Yes Whole Foods

Anonymous wrote:I only buy the precut ones which of course are more expensive but you can see which are super red inside.

Had a great one from Giant just last week.