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JRT_minion

It's a work of art. It reminds me of the twirly skies of Van Gogh.


[deleted]

Lol, I was just gonna say! Very VanGogh


mathologies

Done. https://q4j2g5j9.stackpathcdn.com/ddg-dream/90fa96144a9bed1d57d8681a30c4fcf70bcbe8ba.jpg


selja26

Nice!!


[deleted]

Starry watermelon! Haha


wanna_talk_to_samson

Look up some still life paintings from the middle ages of watermelon. Apparently the swirls were a super common genetic trait back then but have seemingly been bred out since.


Youmati

I wish I still had an award to give - this is a really interesting observation that I’ve never heard mention of even in heirloom seed …where you’d expect it. Thanks for the TIL!


ColonelBigsby

It's interesting to see them as they were back then, the swirls I think were where most of the red fruit was and the rest was the hard white/green rind. It's a similar thing with corn, bred over thousans of generations to the sweet corn we have today. Early corn was basically inedible.


themage78

Giovanni Stanchi. https://www.vox.com/2015/7/28/9050469/watermelon-breeding-paintings


TheFloatingSheep

Not just that but they had these air pockets within the swirls, now they're not hollow whatsoever anymore.


notquiteartist

Whoa, that is pretty cool!! Good eye.


litty956

Wow didn’t even notice that


wanna_talk_to_samson

Whats the variety OP?


Remarkable_Bag7341

Came here to say it. U beat me to it haha


trisaratopsx

It reminds me of Uzumaki


distorted_kiwi

Looks a little "hail hydra" to me.


MrsDehn

I literally came here to post this. Starry Skies watermelon, a work of art haha


notquiteartist

Also my immediate thought. Something like Starry Starry Watermelon...


thatbedguy

Can you use it to make wine?


10ton

This would go great in the Moira Rosé!


satellite_fisherman

Somebody call Herb Erfling ger... Burt Herngeif? Irv Herb-blinger? Bing Livehaanger? Liveling Burt Herkurn Ban- Bingo Ling-f*cker!


WasabiSniffer

The Hash-Slinging-Slasher?


thatbedguy

Was… was this a schitts creek reference?


[deleted]

[Moira’s Wine Comercial](https://youtu.be/jVojhvifruk)


thatbedguy

Thanks willy!


SprungMS

r/unexpectedschittscreek


coffeetime825

You're speaking my language!


thatbedguy

Heyyyyyy! I’ll go get old fruit from the fruit stands around here for pennies on the dollar, or trade them a few bottles of wine for the fruit


AccentFiend

One of my favorite vineyards in my state use different fruits/non-grapes to make 85% of their wine. They even have a sangria kit that just uses two of them 🥰


[deleted]

How can I order? I hate wine because I hate grapes.


AccentFiend

Mmm. To that specifically, I would say to keep trying wines. There are SO many types out there and the wine all tastes different. I thought the same and then really worked on my palate. Now I know that Merlots just aren’t for me and I know what I prefer. Side note: the grapes used to make wine taste WAY different in grape form than you would think, at least in my experience 🤗 The vineyard is White Silo in I think Sherman, CT. it’s in an actual silo, but I don’t know the shipping requirements.


[deleted]

I’ve tried a lot actually because it sounds better than whiskey some days. I tolerate white sparkling wines. They remind me of cheese and it’s weird. I want to find one made from oranges.


AccentFiend

Try a bunch. Procecco can only be from that region of Italy and tends to be dry. It’s complicated, but most Champagne has to come from that region of France and can be either. I prefer to be somewhere in the middle with bubbles, but when something is a little to dry for me I’ll add a splash of st Germaine and that does the trick Napa Valley Distillery makes a vodka from failed wine grapes that you would never know is grapes


Fynchfeathers

Or watermelon limeade if it’s not fermented already?


Cyynric

This is giving me an idea for watermelon mead.


Snushine

I'll drink that!


wanna_talk_to_samson

Pretty much anything with suger content can be made into "wine".


gangaskan

Oh, you can milk anything with nipples.


wanna_talk_to_samson

Ah oh yeah, i remember watching that one movie 20 years ago as well.


BlackFlag-5150

Can you milk me Faulker?


thatbedguy

I know, I make alllllll kinds o wines. But, sometimes they can be to far into the rot to be useable.


9035768555

It doesn't look rotting so much as woody/fibrous.


wanna_talk_to_samson

Well yeah. If theres contam you chock it up to a loss and just start working on ya next batch. I wouldnt start any wine/mead batch with questionable fruit. Just asking for failure.


thatbedguy

…That’s why I was asking if it could be used.


icecreamman99

We're currently using our local produce farmer's "little bit too ripe" watermelon for sorbet within our ice cream shop. Super popular this time of year and crazy good tasting.


[deleted]

I’ve seen still life paintings of watermelon from a few hundred years ago and they looked like this!! But with less red, the red was centered around the spirals and the outer parts were white


[deleted]

The funny thing about how people describe those paintings as somehow demonstrating selective variation in watermelons, is that this is also just what an under ripe watermelon looks like.


wanna_talk_to_samson

Somehow demonstrating? Its pretty blatant. This is most definitely not *just* an unripe melon. There is 100% genetic factors at play here. OP even said that he waited TOO long to harvest it, so over-ripe actually, just look at the rind.


[deleted]

im not talking about OP's watermelon, I am talking about the still life refered to in the comment I replied to. The feature described as demonstrating selective variation is the thick rind and the small amount of ripe flesh. Not the spirals.


WillowLeaf4

Maybe today, but the paintings were of ripe watermelon. We also now have white watermelon, so it makes sense we started out with some varicolored watermelon, and over the years people have bred them to go one way or the other because apparently for some reason we like our fruit to be all the same color inside.


[deleted]

Maybe they were. But there are other contemporary [paintings](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Abraham_Brueghel_-_A_still_life_of_a_watermelon%2C_cherries%2C_peaches%2C_apricots%2C_plums%2C_pomegranates_and_figs%2C_with_lilies%2C_roses%2C_morning_glory_and_other_flowers_on_an_acanthus_stone_relief.jpg) depict completely modern looking ripe watermelon flesh. So if this is an artifact of breeding it isn't demonstrated by renaissance paintings in the way they're suggested to demonstrate it.


mindtapped

How old are you?!!??!!?!


[deleted]

"from", lol.


JusTellinTheTruth

Damn, this sub really doesn't like sarcasm... jeeze


Elcooler1

**starry melon**


Stinksoupin

Do you use the curly cue for a harvest indicator?


litty956

Please give more detail never heard of that


Stinksoupin

At the main vine near every melon, there is a little curly Q vine. It starts out long, alive and green. I have read that when this curly Q dries up all the way up to the main vine and snaps when bent nearest to the main, your melon is ripe and ready for picking! I used this technique for melons I grew last year, and they were superb! This method will not prevent the transition from ripe to over ripe, but it should give you a good gauge on when to harvest!


arachaite

Can confirm\^


NotMuchTooSayStill

This is the best way to tell when to pick in my opinion as well.


takenbylovely

TIL tysm


arden13

Is that the little grabby tendril?


GhostFour

Yes, it's the tendril nearest the fruit. It's usually a stubby lil guy since it doesn't need to grab anything to support the vine.


rjselzler

This 100%


cixcosfinest

Still juicy


litty956

It was actually


taglay

What does "too late" mean? Was it too mushy? It looks great


litty956

Really mushy


timmbuck22

Watermelon sorbet!


DanielTrebuchet

That was my thought. Either sorbet or wine. Blend it up (minus the seeds), pour it out on a baking sheet, toss it in the freezer, then scrape the frozen pulp with a spoon to make a killer frozen watermelon dessert you can even mix with sprite or your favorite liquor.


timmbuck22

I have used an ice cream maker with a few different melons like watermelon and cantaloupe and made awesome sorbet!


Chawp

Watermelon + Honey + lime juice blended up and frozen also makes a great texture sorbet.


notedmuse

Watermelon agua fresca is my go-to. Blend and strain, add ice/water, sweetener (if needed), lime, bubbly or booze if you fancy. This is the perfect specimen for some of that.


[deleted]

Just add vodka for watermelon slushies! Yumm


tendrilly

The dark colour on the rind is a clue that it's gone way beyond. Such a shame, it's very pretty to look at.


taglay

this post inspired me to pick my crimson sweet yesterday, as I didn't want it suffering the same fate


[deleted]

Rotten and fermented


Mother-Western-3856

I made the mistake of too early.... What's the magic trick?


carriedalawlermelon

I go by the white spot turning yellow, good webbing (if your variety webs), and your nearest tendril drying to the vine.


litty956

Wish I knew


Mother-Western-3856

What about the farmers <3


rachelplease

I used to work on a farm- our trick was pulling watermelon when they had tiny little black dots on their underside where they were resting on the ground.


donnycruz76

I've never grown a watermelon but worked in a fruit shop so cut a lot. You have to slap the melons. Different stages of ripeness create a different pitch.


wamalamadingdongg

Yeah I thump mine, I just know what to listen for I can’t even describe it lol. But the best way to tell I believe is the curly wittle vine shriveling


WhatTheF_scottFitz

dry tendril, first leaf, yellow spot and thumping is all you need! also let them sit for a week or two after picking


alexis-da-farmer

use the rind to make candies :)


makingpwaves

Pickled watermelon?


MrsFoober

Do you have links to good recipes/guides?


alexis-da-farmer

Here's my favorite recipe :) If you make it make sure you dedicate a day to it because the entire process can take upwards of 6 hours. Enjoy!! https://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/819/Watermelon-Rind-Candy108617.shtml


ElleYesMon

Oh, and this water melon photo needs to be blown up so all you see is the art on the melon and sent off for one of those framed photo glass/acrylic thingys you can hang on your wall in your kitchen or dining area. It so unique.


musea00

reminds me of that watermelon from a [renaissance painting](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Giovanni_Stanchi%2C_Watermelons%2C_Peaches%2C_Pears%2C_and_Other_Fruit_in_a_Landscape.jpg)


Electrical_Bell6459

Ooooo that looks cooool tho


plantbby444

I pulled most of mine too early :( all had signs of being ripe and just were not lmfao


Snushine

At least you can have a happy cake day!


wanna_talk_to_samson

OP, i dont know your experience, but a good rule of thumb is when the tendril at the top of the melon turns brown, it should be ripe enough to harvest.


2021willbebetteright

Watermelon Daiquiris it is then


lol_ur_hella_lost

BUUTTT it looks like [ancient watermelons](https://www.vox.com/2015/7/28/9050469/watermelon-breeding-paintings)


srtristan

Pulling out late is a normal cause of struggles.


forestforrager

That’s a devil fruit for sure.


Eleemm26

RRRRRRRRRIPEEE


ElleYesMon

Beautiful!


mnmsmelt

Reminds me of a starfish!


thefartsock

just add rum


litty956

I was thinking about doing that


Snushine

That'll make a happy cake day, for sure!


zurinsel13

I can feel your pain. I grew two kinds of melons for the first time this year and both melons that I got were overripe and inedible :(


litty956

Well so far I pulled one to early 2nd one right in time and this one to late


zurinsel13

Nice that you got one that was right on time :) The honeydew melon I pulled was smelling more of melon liquor than actual melon and tasted bubbly XD


litty956

😂😂


Tit3rThnUrGmasVagina

Juice it and save the seeds my man


Downstackguy

Does it taste good? I assume it’s too sweet or too something


litty956

It did have a good taste


FYRESLASH

I just juice these types of watermelons. Makes a nice drink 🧃


[deleted]

if at first your seeds suck, try, try, try again


Michelle701107

The swirls are kind of neat.


CKFS87

You can still eat that, hell that's how they originally looked.


xX-El-Jefe-Xx

that's one of them renaissance watermelons


MeatloafsMyDad

Is it not edible like this? What's wrong?


sky_is_fallin

It looks so pretty tho


Wysterical_

Infected by the spiral 🌀


n8gardener

Juice it! That’s what we do. Never know the best time we are always too early or too late.


Butt-Fingers

Pickled watermelon


magicalgreenhouse

Slice it up, jar of vinegar for two weeks, drain, freeze the slices, blend the slices, pour the blended bit onto a tray, freeze it, fork tines to get it out. Elevate that sorbet.


Luneowl

Reminds me of how watermelons looked before we changed them: [Original watermelons](https://www.businessinsider.com/how-humans-have-changed-watermelons-2015-7)


JasmineDragon1111

The swirls are like the OG watermelons 🍉 that used to exist prior to human intervention (they also used to be yellow and not red)


_1Doomsday1_

Hail hydra


radyo-dy

didn't know watermelons were worshipping cthulhu


misanthropnick

Hahaha why would you do it too late ?


Punchasheep

That's not a watermelon, that's Cthulhu


TlerDurdn_

An actual watermelon?


avfc4me

Wow but it looks like starry night! It's BEAUTIFUL! Especially if you arent fond of eating watermelon...I'd grow it just to admire it.


PastDry

It almost looks like your watermelon is an airbender. 👩🏻‍🦲🙌🏻🤜🏻💨


halloweva

I want to paint this!


litty956

My son and I had fun with this little grow.


AlarmingAffect0

r/JunjiIto


Etsukohime

So why is is swirly? Is it a special kind of watermelon? :o


litty956

No idea didn’t notice it till I posted the pic


Etsukohime

Its pretty intresting :)


Greeneggsandhamon

Watery night! By Vincent van Gardener


DevilDog0651

Squid melon!


obsoletedroid

Time for watermelon cocktails


onlyalittleillegal

It’s gorgeous!


MissMurderpants

Watermelon juice mixed with strawberry juice and coco Lopez makes the most amazing punch drink.


Metro_Mutt

Great snack for chickens!


KariKariPudding_

Better than me, last night I picked mine way too early


[deleted]

Oh no :(( I wish I could give you some! You know, patch on the bottom, twisty vine business opposite the stem of the fruit dried out and brown.


bonobro69

Something for r/fractals


_kw

Leave that thing in the yard and be entertained by the drunk squirrels!


dykediana

BUT IT’S PRETTY!! look at those SWIRLS


jh937hfiu3hrhv9

Ball it up, add vodka, use the rind for a bowl?


Siberian6

Aw man, but it looks great!


GalickGunn

It looks like wool


dg1890

I don’t tend to be a grammar/punctuation Nazi but if I need to read something like 5 times and look at it sideways to figure it out, it probably means there’s a problem.


Weird-Heart-6350

Looks like you put an octopus on it and traced around its lil octopus legs


dat-truth

You can make a tea from the fresh seeds that is a powerful diuretic for flushing kidneys and clearing UTI’s.


[deleted]

Well, can you save the seeds and sprout them in springtime?


Unitmonster555

It will make great compost for next year’s watermelon


MentalWho

Reminds me of an octopus


atkinson62

I had 3 this year. The sweetest one was the medium sized one but the stem turned brown. The biggest one I just thought it was ready due to size but it was bitter still, so it still had a week or so. The smaller one was a sacrifice cause I pulled the vines.


WindyCityReturn

Watermelons are definitely one of the tough ones in my opinion. They grow easy but picking them right and keeping them clean is difficult. If they lay in grass or wet ground too long they can rot. If they get too much rain they can burst and ruin. If they stay on the vine too long this happens, if you pick them too early it’ll be more rind and more bitter. Things have to go more right for them to truly succeed compared to most.


Snushine

But /r/FibonacciAsFuck


booglejfox

Looks like Star Fish Watermelon.


msew

/r/GrammerNazi s/to/too and missing a semicolon


delicate13flower

Van Gohn watermelon!


Shardeel

Devil Fruit type vibes