They don't look at tendrils or nuthin', just pick all of 'em.
Yup, I'm sure they just do what the foreman tells them to do. And that's why people here complain that they never got a good melon at the store all summer.
I don't remember where I read about all 3 tendrils, but it was in some magazine ages ago. By 3 I mean the 1 at the stem and 1 up-stem and 1 down-stem. I'm not sure how clear I was about that before.
Sometimes at the beginning of the season a few still won't quite be ready. But you know they are awfully close. We always check a few and taste them to be sure we know what we think we know. By the time we are taking them to market they are good and we've had very few people ever come back and say they weren't good.
Carol
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