Tired of heat and disease killing your vine? Here are two simple ways to grow them in cool, disease-free weather — and get a crop.
(1). Plant your sprout in the fall, then heavily mulch it for the winter. When it pops up the next spring, it will flower and fruit. We’ve seen this work.
(2). Plant the sprout in the fall in a 3-gallon container and overwinter it in a window. Then, transplant it into the ground the first week of March. I guarantee it will flower and produce a small crop in the spring. We’ve learned this from past experience.