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Homes & Gardens
Drew Swainston

How to pick honeydew – experts share handy tricks to help you harvest perfectly ripe fruit

Honeydew melons growing in a greenhouse

A ripe honeydew melon is sweet and succulent and you can grow your own in only a few months, providing you give the crop the warmth it desires. But how can you make sure to pick it at the perfect time?

Knowing how to pick honeydew melons at their peak ripeness can be difficult as you cannot see what is going on under the surface. However, there are some tell-tale signs in terms of the look and feel which you can use to master knowing when to harvest honeydew melon. 

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