🍅 Quick take: Soldacki is a celebrated 1900s Polish heirloom indeterminate featuring vigorous potato leaf foliage and large, meaty raspberry-pink beefsteaks. Known for setting heavily from floor to ceiling even in high greenhouse heat, it delivers an exceptional sweet-tart, old-fashioned flavor. Due to its tender, thin skins, consistent watering is essential to prevent shoulder cracking. Full summary ↓
Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 2b-4 Experience)
Indeterminate mid-season slicing variety with potato leaf foliage. The fruits are large pink beefsteaks: low seed count, very dense and meaty yet delightfully juicy at the same time. Really high-tier flavor (I gave it a solid 4.6 out of 5).
The skin is thin, and the interior looks gorgeous when sliced. Productivity is very good, though the fruit are somewhat prone to cracking. Definitely keeping this one in my rotation.
The skin is thin, and the interior looks gorgeous when sliced. Productivity is very good, though the fruit are somewhat prone to cracking. Definitely keeping this one in my rotation.
Loved this variety. The fruits have a picture-perfect shape, just like something out of a seed catalog. Large, remarkably delicious, with a pleasant mild sweetness.
In my unheated high tunnel, the vines reached up to 6.5 ft (2 m). Yield ended up about average for me. True potato leaf foliage.
In my unheated high tunnel, the vines reached up to 6.5 ft (2 m). Yield ended up about average for me. True potato leaf foliage.
Ran a single plant inside my polycarbonate greenhouse, trained to two leaders. It set fruit consistently from bottom to top, completely unfazed by summer heat.
Harvested 17 large fruits off that one vine, with zero yellow shoulders and no tough white core fibers inside. Gorgeous raspberry-pink color. Flavor was bold, vibrant, and well-balanced sweet-tart. It has a very distinct, clean acidity, but not overpowering at all.
During extreme heatwaves, a few fruits developed minor radial cracks around the stem right after watering. But overall? An absolute home run! 👍
Harvested 17 large fruits off that one vine, with zero yellow shoulders and no tough white core fibers inside. Gorgeous raspberry-pink color. Flavor was bold, vibrant, and well-balanced sweet-tart. It has a very distinct, clean acidity, but not overpowering at all.
During extreme heatwaves, a few fruits developed minor radial cracks around the stem right after watering. But overall? An absolute home run! 👍
I stuck this plant in far from ideal conditions – blazing midday sun, lean sandy soil, and practically zero pampering. The vine grew vigorous and stayed totally disease-free. Started setting fruit on the later side.
The fruits are handsome with thin skins. For me, they didn’t develop intense sweetness, but the internal texture was fantastic. Perfect meat-to-gel ratio; I cannot stand watery tomatoes that are just skin, seeds, and water.
Here is how the plant looked on September 9. Really appreciated it for its sheer resilience, dependable yield, and good-looking fruit.
Edited September 10, 2020 by Marusha
The fruits are handsome with thin skins. For me, they didn’t develop intense sweetness, but the internal texture was fantastic. Perfect meat-to-gel ratio; I cannot stand watery tomatoes that are just skin, seeds, and water.
Here is how the plant looked on September 9. Really appreciated it for its sheer resilience, dependable yield, and good-looking fruit.
Edited September 10, 2020 by Marusha
Quick Facts: Variety Summary
- 🌿 Growth Habit: Indeterminate vine sporting broad potato leaf (PL) foliage. Reaches 6.5 ft (2 m) comfortably and performs exceptionally well when pruned to 2 leaders.
- 🍅 Fruit Profile: Large, smooth, oblate raspberry-pink beefsteaks averaging 10-18 oz (300-500 g). Features small seed locules, dense meat, and an absence of tough white vascular cores or persistent green shoulders.
- 👅 Flavor Profile: Bold, traditional heirloom taste with a bright sweet-tart balance. Noticeable acidity gives it an old-fashioned punch that avoids tasting flat.
- ⚠️ Skin & Cracking Tendency: Highly valued for its melt-in-your-mouth thin skin, but sudden surges of water during extreme summer heat can cause concentric or radial cracking around the stem calyx.
- 🌎 Lineage: Heritage heirloom originating from Krakow, Poland, brought to Cleveland, Ohio around 1900 and preserved through the heirloom seed network.
