Is it tasty or not?
@Nakitakona (60316)
Philippines
June 28, 2026 1:04am CST
Do you eat watermelon?
Watermelon here in the Philippines is abundantly available in the market. It's a watery seasonal kind of vining fruit.
My wife and I love eating it. However we find it difficult to determine it whether it's sweet or not.
Do you have any idea on how to detect based on it's look or appearance whether it's sweet or not?
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@2ndchances24 (12432)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
28 Jun
There are certain names of watermelons that has a sweet taste to them
you'd have to do some research on which 1's they are.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=sweet+watermelons&atb=v301-1&t=chromentp&ia=web
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@Nakitakona (60316)
• Philippines
28 Jun
Thanks for this info. I have to check it.
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@Nakitakona (60316)
• Philippines
29 Jun
@2ndchances24 It's great. It helps me a lot.
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@2ndchances24 (12432)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
28 Jun
@Nakitakona you welcome let me know if it helps you.
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@MarieCoyle (60931)
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28 Jun
I am drooling over the watermelon pictures. Watermelon here is still wildly expensive. I saw a pile of those little bitty round watermelons the other day at the grocery for $6.89 They were really tiny! I will wait for better prices, but it sure does sound good.
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@Nakitakona (60316)
• Philippines
28 Jun
It's too pricey here too. But we have to bear that high price to enjoy that nutritious fruit for it's grown here in season.
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@MarieCoyle (60931)
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28 Jun
@Nakitakona
Usually around the end of July, our melons tend to go down in price. Indiana is a bordering state to Illinois, and they grow tons and tons of all types of melons. They are so delicious.
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@Nakitakona (60316)
• Philippines
28 Jun
@MarieCoyle oh I see. That would be nice.
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@celticeagle (191916)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Jun
It is so delicious. We eat a lot of it.
If you look at the end of the watermelon where it is cut from the vine. It looks like it came off naturally and wasn't snapped off it is more likely to be sweeter.
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@rakski (158639)
• Philippines
1 Jul
@Nakitakona especially in summer, it is so refreshing to eat that
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@Nakitakona (60316)
• Philippines
1 Jul
@rakski That's the season in which watermelon is abundantly available.
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@Nakitakona (60316)
• Philippines
28 Jun
How come? You don't like it but if it's given free you eat it. I don't get it.
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@Nakitakona (60316)
• Philippines
29 Jun
A portion cut of watermelon is displayed for buyer to see it then many are buying it. But I don't know if it's sweet or not.
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