Although your GP or practice nurse can examine your ears, you will usually be referred to a specialist for a hearing test. A number of different tests are used to check how well the ears are functioning and their ability to detect different levels of sound. Common hearing tests include:
The other clue to a ripe honeydew is a sweet, heady aroma. People tend to check the stem end of the melon to see if it's soft, but that's not going to tell you a thing. Good aroma, color, freckles, and a sticky feel are the telltale signs of a sweet honeydew. In season, honeydews from California are the best. Unless you live in California, however, a ripe honeydew before August or after October is as rare as a blue moon. Because ripe ones are fragile and hard to ship, 99 percent of those you see most the year have been picked green, and they'll never ripen.
In ideal growing conditions, where air temperatures are between 68 and 86 F, honeydew melon seeds take 8 to 10 days to germinate. When soil temperatures are around 68 F, germination takes place in 8 to 10 days. With soil temperatures of 77 F or higher, the germination period is closer to three or four days.hen the soil is dry 2 inches below the surface, water the melons. Each plant requires 1/2 a gallon of water twice a week, increasing to 1 gallon of water twice a week during fruit production. Honeydew melons are ripe when their skin is a pale green, sometimes with a faint yellow tinge.