{"id":20032,"date":"2026-06-16T21:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=20032"},"modified":"2026-06-16T21:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:00:28","slug":"the-watermelon-warning-why-those-mysterious-cracks-could-be-a-sign-you-should-stop-eating-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=20032","title":{"rendered":"The Watermelon Warning: Why Those Mysterious Cracks Could Be a Sign You Should Stop Eating Immediately!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cracks or hollow spaces inside a watermelon are usually caused by\u00a0<strong data-start=\"125\" data-end=\"141\">hollow heart<\/strong>, a natural result of rapid growth and changing weather. They may look strange but are generally safe to eat.Throw it away only if it smells sour, has mold, dark spots, or a slimy texture. Most cracked watermelons are harmless imperfections, not a sign of chemicals or contamination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Cracks or hollow spaces inside a watermelon are usually caused by\u00a0hollow heart, a natural result of rapid growth and changing weather. They may look strange <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=20032\" title=\"The Watermelon Warning: Why Those Mysterious Cracks Could Be a Sign You Should Stop Eating Immediately!\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20033,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20034,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20032\/revisions\/20034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}