If you are reading this, you or someone you know may have been told they need to have a hysterectomy and also have their ovaries removed. This has been a controversial issue for many years, but until recently most doctors recommended removal of the ovaries after about age 45. The reason for this was that removal of the ovaries would prevent women from developing ovarian cancer.
The growing time for red potatoes can be from 70 to 120 days, depending on the variety you choose to plant and what size you like your potatoes.
With a life span of roughly 70 to 120 days, depending on variety, they are ready to harvest any time after flowering ends to when the plants wither. After the plants die back, potatoes stop growing, but can be left for several days in soil that is not too wet and in temperatures that have not dropped to below the freezing mark.