If You Live In America, Stop Scrolling & Read This Post This summer “chemically injected watermelons are hitting the market” Because watermelons are in high demand “They are injecting the ones that aren’t ready with chemicals so that they look riper and redder and they last long ground shelves.” “So I’m gonna teach you how to not buy one of these watermelons by what this post is saying to look out for: So number one, if you cut the watermelon and rub a cotton ball on it or paper towel and it turns dark red, that means that the fruit has been injected with this chemical. Also, if it has white dust on the rind, I feel like I’ve definitely bought a watermelon with white dust. (I just kind of like figured it was from like the transit in the watermelon trucks.) And apparently you should look for ones that have the yellow patch, which I have always been told make your watermelon sweeter if it has a yellow patch on it. You know, like you always see people tapping the watermelons, right? Isn’t that how you learn to pick a watermelon? That’s how I learned to pick a watermelon. So it’ll be naturally sweet in flavor and ripe if it has yellow on it. So here’s how to not eat chemicals 101.” The video shows images of everything being discussed.
