Winter Melon

The Winter Melon is an upgrade to the Melon-pult that damages and freezes large groups of zombies at once.

Suburban Almanac Entry
 Melon Pult  Winter Melons do heavy damage and slow groups of zombies.

Damage: very heavy

Range: lobbed

Firing Speed: 1/2x Special: melons damage and freeze nearby enemies on impact Winter Melon tries to calm his nerves. He hears zombies approach. Will he make it? Will anyone make it? Recharge: very slow

Cost: 200

Strategy
The Winter Melon is one of the most useful auto-fire plants in the game, but the best plant in terms of damage is the Cob Cannon, and the Gloom-shroom is also at the top of the list. The Winter Melon is an upgrade of the Melon-pult, although the attacking rate is half times that of a Peashooter, and the same as a Melon-pult, but it can freeze zombies within the radius, and the damage, despite what it says in the almanac, is the same as that of a normal melon-pult (heavy). A single Winter Melon is strong enough to kill a Gargantuar by itself, partly due to the slowing effect. The Melon-pult and Snow Pea combo has a similar effect, but the snow pea can only affect one zombie at a time.

Trivia

 * When the Winter Melon recharges and has enough Sun, but you don't have the Melon-pult, it will say "Plant a Winter Melon first" instead of Melon-pult.
 * It is the one of the two Upgrade Plants that cost less Sun than the plants they upgrade; the other is the Gold Magnet.