Janine Melnitz : [ Coming in as Egon was running tests on Louis who is possessed by Vince Clorthow ] Egon, I tried to stop them they say they have a warrant. Dr. Egon Spengler: Excuse me, this is private property. Walter Peck : [ after observing the storage facility ] Shut this off, shut these all off.
Harvesting Potatoes For Storage. Harvesting potatoes used for winter storage should not be done until after the potato plants have flowered and the vines die off. Potatoes may be left in the ground to extract as much energy from the vines as possible as long as the soil does not freeze.
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.