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The problem will be, if you leave it too late, there won't be enough time for it to ripen fully and you won't get any viable seed. If you have a few plants, it shouldn't matter that you don't get too many from the one you are saving seed from. It needs to grow into a marrow and the skin get hard like a squash. You may need a saw to get into it when it is fully ripe.