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Lifted and drying off, 30 Sept 2026
Cucamelon (tubers)
Melothria scabra
Tubers saved from this year's cucamelon. Stored frost-free over winter in barely damp compost, then replanted in spring, they get going sooner than plants grown from seed.
- Common name
- Cucamelon (tubers)
- Section
- Propagation
- Spot
- Indoors (in storage)
- Soil
- Stored in a cool box under slightly damp soil until spring
- Options
Potential
If they regrow, climbing plants for a supported container or edible garden, with a possible summer crop.
- From
- Own plant: left to dry out once it finished cropping, then lifted, Sep 2026
- Age
- One season
- Next repot
- Around Apr 2027
- Edible
- 🤔 Sort of: The fruit, once it is growing again: grape-sized cucumbers with a hint of lime.
- Hardy
- ❌ No: store the tubers frost-free
- Garden-centre price
- about £3
Did you know?
Also sold as "mouse melon", as the fruit look like tiny watermelons.
Care & updates
- What to expect
- Dormant until spring. Replant in April under cover and move out after the last frost; fruits from mid-summer.
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