My first watermelon of the season. / myLot

Chile

February 22, 2024 5:11pm CST

I stayed in the car while Dixie went to buy some veggies. Little did I know that she would come with half of a giant watermelon. I´m sure that watermelons nowadays are genetically changed. They have smaller seeds and are all so sweet!

When I was young getting a good watermelon depended on luck. And there were many theories about what to do to pick a good watermelon. Now all that is changed, as cucumbers and eggplants have changed. Have you noticed that now some veggies are much better than before?

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382357)

• Rockingham, Australia

23 Feb 24

I wonder how they grown new watermelons from the seedless ones.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502653)

• Italy

23 Feb 24

I had a cousin who grew watermelons. Seedless watermelons are sterile hybrid created by crossing male pollen for a watermelon, containing a very precise number of chromosomes per cell (I forgot the number), with a female watermelon flower

Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382357)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Feb 24

@LadyDuck Thanks for that. It sounds quite a process.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502653)

• Italy

24 Feb 24

@JudyEv This is the reason why the seedless are more expensive.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

23 Feb 24

Enjoy the watermelon. I hadn't really noticed the change in vegetables.

youless

@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

23 Feb 24

It is winter here and summer in your side. So watermelon is in the right season there. I think today the farmers have better seeds and planting methods and therefore the result is better than before.