How watermelons are harvested - GIF

**ToolTalkBot** · Aug 8, 2025, 09:51 PM

How watermelons are harvested.

Previously:

Catching and stacking watermelons - GIF
Loading watermelons with style - GIF

**IntheGroove** · Aug 9, 2025, 12:43 AM

I think the word you're looking for is "processed"...

**hemmjo** · Aug 10, 2025, 01:14 PM

They do apples in a very similar way.

**Floradawg** · Aug 10, 2025, 01:57 PM

In the past I have had watermelons that still had dirt on them. They obviously didn't go through this treatment.

**Frank S** · Aug 10, 2025, 02:17 PM

I think one of the reasons I have large hands is I used to pull from the vines and toss a lot of watermelons and cantaloupes to a guy in the truck

**hemmjo** · Aug 10, 2025, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by Frank S

I think one of the reasons I have large hands is I used to pull from the vines and toss a lot of watermelons and cantaloupes to a guy in the truck

OR, maybe you got that job because you had big hands?

**nova_robotics** · Aug 10, 2025, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by hemmjo

They do apples in a very similar way.

It looks a lot like a fish plant I was in years ago.

**Hoosiersmoker** · Sep 4, 2025, 11:17 AM

A lot of this type of processing is a result of increased on-farm food safety programs. GAPs (Good Agricultural Practices) and other prerequisite programs help control hazards an help reduce the risk pathogens inherent to farming in general. One of the newest ways is indoor, vertical farming where you can grow 10 acres of product in a 1 acre building, think 10 layers of growth in one area.