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  2. Beware: Watermelons Can Literally Explode If You're Not Careful

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    If watermelons are past their prime, they run the risk of foaming, cracking, and even exploding. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...

  3. Unusually shaped fruits and vegetables - Wikipedia

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    Vegetables usually grow into an unusual shape due to environmental conditions. Damage to one part of the vegetable can cause the growth to slow in that area while the rest grows at the normal rate. When a root vegetable is growing and the tip is damaged, it can sometimes split, forming multiple roots attached at one point.

  4. Pottery fracture - Wikipedia

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    Cracks can result in uneven drying from thinner to thicker spots within the pot. A lack of compression in the bottom while throwing results in a commonly seen "s" crack on the underneath of the pot. Fractures caused by thermal shock called dunting occur during the firing process and are witnessed in the bisqueware stage. Dunting is a problem ...

  5. Watermelon - Wikipedia

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    Watermelons have a longer growing period than other melons and can often take 85 days or more from the time of transplanting for the fruit to mature. [37] Lack of pollen is thought to contribute to "hollow heart" which causes the flesh of the watermelon to develop a large hole, sometimes in an intricate, symmetric shape.

  6. People are reporting that their watermelons are exploding ...

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    Watermelons can offer a nice explosion of flavor in your mouth, but they shouldn’t be spontaneously combusting. Oddly enough, that’s exactly what some fans of the popular fruit are worried ...

  7. Square watermelon - Wikipedia

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    The cube shape of the watermelon can only be achieved at the expense of its contents. To retain the proper shape, cube melons must be harvested before they are ripe, rendering them inedible. [7] Since the advent of the cube watermelon, other watermelon shapes have been introduced, such as hearts and pyramids.

  8. This Handy Chart Shows How to Pick the Perfect Watermelon - AOL

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    While it doesn't matter if your watermelon is oval or round (that just indicates different varieties), try to avoid watermelons that are irregular in shape. Look for a uniform watermelon that's ...

  9. Parthenocarpy - Wikipedia

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    Seedless watermelon plants are actually grown from seeds. The seeds are produced by crossing a diploid parent with a tetraploid parent to produce triploid seeds. It has been suggested that parthenocarpy could explain the difference in the yields in active compounds of the genus Cannabis. [5] [6] Some parthenocarpic cultivars are of ancient origin.