You Cut Open a Watermelon and Saw Cracks? Here’s What They Really Mean

Cutting open a watermelon only to discover large cracks or hollow spaces inside can be surprising, and it’s easy to assume the fruit has gone bad. In reality, these internal splits—often called “hollow heart”—are fairly common and usually develop while the watermelon is growing in the field.

Hollow heart is most often caused by uneven growing conditions,continue reading …