Comments on: How to Overwinter Cucamelon Tubers

By: Helena

Sun, 26 May 2024 02:33:11 +0000

I live in 8b and plan to grow them in a pot, then leave the pot on my porch and only bring it inside when temps are predicted to go below 35 (to be safe). Then the pot goes back out until it goes that low again.

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By: Niki Jabbour

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 21:34:50 +0000

In reply to Brenda Theakston.

Oh that’s wonderful Brenda! So glad you liked them and had a successful growing season. You can try to dig up the tubers and overwinter them if you like. Just be careful, they are brittle and break easily. – Niki

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By: Brenda Theakston

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 20:56:28 +0000

I am in the Truro, Nova Scotia area – zone 5B. Started with seeds inside and then planted out. still harvesting today although my husband finally cut down the foliage after our first frost last night. They are prolific and so tasty!!

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By: Sam Thomas

Tue, 17 Oct 2023 16:04:22 +0000

I live in the UK and have had success with cucumelons to the point where we are sick of eating them. They are the plant that keeps on giving! Grew some outside and some inside. The ones inside did not fruit due to lack of pollinating insects. The ones outside were slow to start and the vines never got any bigger than 1.5m but attracted plenty of bees so fruited continuously

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By: Jean Paulson

Mon, 07 Nov 2022 22:08:51 +0000

Planted seeds, got 2 plants. Were grown on trellis in sunny, warm and sheltered spot. They were vigorous and produced plenty of flowers but only 1 fruit ( scary–the dearth of pollinators now). I did find a lot of tubers when pulling out the vines so will hold over winter in hopes of a better crop next year. (Coastal N. CA. )

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By: Mandy

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 09:30:16 +0000

In reply to Sue Dietrich.

I live in coastal Sydney Australia and just left them in the ground and they have started to grow again this spring

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By: Kubiguy Brian

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 20:37:31 +0000

Planted mine in a 10″ Hanging pot in my small greenhouse. They love being moist and do they ever produce. I pickeled mine with small round carrots as dill pickels. What a great novelty.

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By: Niki Jabbour

Mon, 23 May 2022 16:27:26 +0000

In reply to Tanya Hardy.

I store them like dahlias – in lightly moist potting mix or vermiculite. I check them every month or so to make sure the tubers look good and there’s no rot over the winter. Don’t let them dry out completely.

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By: Tanya Hardy

Sun, 22 May 2022 19:25:06 +0000

Do you need to keep tge tubers moist during over wintering? What do they look like after they have been stored for the winter? Do they dry out? Or are they dead if that happens?

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By: Niki Jabbour

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 21:51:07 +0000

In reply to Tricia H..

Hi Tricia, It’s rare for cucamelons to not produce fruits but I would guess it’s related to pollinators. This is a crop that needs its flowers to be pollinated to produce fruits. Typically bees do the job. It’s hard to hand pollinate as the blooms are so small. Perhaps it also didn’t get enough light – too little light can affect fruit set. But so can wet/bad weather… our July weather wasn’t great so my plants were a bit later than usual. Assuming it’s poor pollination I would recommend planting bee-friendly flowers like zinnias, calendula, cosmos or nasturtiums at the base of your plants next year. That should bring in the bees. Good luck! Niki

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