[New shoot]

I know I've been referring to these somewhat rudely as green eyeballs, but I'm warming to them now.  They are still fruiting away happily and apart from the usual feeding and watering and the odd tendril prune to keep them under control, are low maintenance, easy crop

I've been reading about overwintering the roots.  They look like a big radish apparently and you can store them in barely moist compost somewhere frost free for replanting next spring.

Given quite a few people lost seedlings and those of us who succeeded found them painfully slow to get going, was wondering if anyone had tried this? I'm thinking you might get an early crop and possible an even heavier one from an established root

[sunshineband]

I never knew about that!!!

I shall certainly be giving it a go, as like you said, they take so long to get going  :blink:

I overwinter small potted dahlias by letting the soil dry out and cutting off the top growth, juts giving the odd splash of water from time to time during the winter. They stay under the greenhouse staging.

I shall try this with the cucamelons too  -- thanks, New Shoot 

[New shoot]

Was having a furtle about on the Otter Farm website (just looking honest guv  ) and they mention it, so it set me off browsing for more info   

Got to be worth a try 

[sunshineband]

Nothing lost tbh 

I was also wondering about keeping some seeds, too.

Will they  go yellow d'you think, when the seeds are fully grown and mature?

[New shoot]

I've been looking for seed saving advice for a while and can't find anything really detailed enough to be that  helpful   

I'm assuming as I think we've said guessed before, leave a few fruits so they go really ripe and try seed saving methods as you would for cucumber 

None of mine look like they are ever going to go yellow though and I've purposely left some for ages   

[sunshineband]

I have some older ones too. I think I shall just leave them until they go a bit soft (if they do of course).

Must be similar to cucumbers surely?

[Godhelm]

I had read about storing the roots of cucamelons, but had forgotten, so this is a good reminder to give it a go! 
I've seen various stories of success with cucamelons in the greenhouse (after a slow start), but I have been trying to grown them on my allotment - with a wigwam which they pretty much ignored - think they need some netting or similar to hold onto more than just bamboo. I have had a few fruit from the 3 plants at the allotment (maybe 30-40 in total) but I think I will have to think of a different way for them to scramble next year - perhaps up some netting with some full-sized cucumbers.