How to Overwinter Cucamelon Tubers

Store the pot in a cool, frost-free spot for winter; an unheated basement, a modestly heated garage, or a root cellar. Small-space and container gardeners who grow cucamelons in pots can also overwinter their plants. Just snip off the dead foliage and store the pot in a cool, frost-free area for winter.

How do you overwinter Cucamelon?
Can Cucamelons survive winter?
What do you do with Cucamelon tubers?
Can you freeze Cucamelons?

How do you overwinter Cucamelon?

Overwintering. Cucamelons can also be treated as a perennial providing you with fruit year-after-year. In late autumn once the fruiting period is over, lift the cucamelon's main radish-like root and store in barely moist compost in a garage or shed over winter. Plant out again in early April to achieve early fruiting.

Can Cucamelons survive winter?

If you grew cucamelons, I bet you weren't expecting these. They're perennials and produce large, radish-like roots. You can store like dahlias and start into growth the next spring for earlier crops. ... NOTE – trickier than it seems – the roots survived the winter, then promptly rotted when potted up.

What do you do with Cucamelon tubers?

At the very beginning of spring, start to bring your stored cucamelon back to life by planting the tuber in a new pot, with new compost, this time with about an inch of compost covering the tuber.

Can you freeze Cucamelons?

They will keep in a fridge for a week or you can freeze them by cutting them in half and placing into an airtight plastic bag or container. Alternatively they can be pickled. Cucamelon are not usually affected by pests and diseases, which makes them a very easy plant to grow.