Pink Fang was acting capricious for me this past season. It took a long time to get going and the yield turned out to be quite modest. Perhaps I needed to deacidify the soil more (add lime), as I have sod-podzolic soil on my plot.
I really liked the variety, it grew in the greenhouse.
Anela said:
I really liked the variety, it grew in the greenhouse.
I’ll also add that they are very tasty when pickled/marinated, everyone is delighted: my husband, mother-in-law, and her guests (it was her birthday on Nov 25th). 😋😋
I really liked this variety. Seeds from Galya-64. I didn’t expect such a great taste from it, I thought they were just icicles for canning. But they have a sweetness to them, very tasty and fresh. The only thing is the variety turned out a bit late in open ground for me, although the summer was not great either.. But it is very productive. I will try it in the greenhouse.
Pink Fang is an excellent variety, productive, beautiful, tasty, and stores quite well. I repeated it, it grew in the greenhouse again. This time I didn’t prune (no suckering) at all, bush height was 60-70cm (2-2.3 ft).
@Svetikk, would it be suitable for sun-drying (dehydrating)?
Natushkad said:
@Svetikk, would it be suitable for sun-drying (dehydrating)?
Theoretically – yes!
My Pink Fang grew outdoors in open ground. I didn’t prune/sucker it at all. It grew into a beautiful, bushy, quite sturdy plant about 1m (3.3 ft) tall. For a determinate, it started ripening quite late (in early August). But I sowed it late – at the end of March. As a seedling, it is very tidy; you could sow it earlier and transplant it already with flowers, maybe then it would ripen sooner.
My yield for many varieties is so-so. My plant care is lacking. But Pink Fang looked very impressive – completely covered in trusses. The fruits are quite large, averaging 100g (3.5 oz), of an unusual shape. And they are very, very meaty. The taste is characteristic of pink tomatoes, no worse than a good large pink beefsteak.
There were 2 problems. The first few fruits were hit by Blossom End Rot (BER). But it wasn’t critical. I didn’t treat it, it passed on its own. The second problem is worse: the moment of ripening coincided with a period of heavy rains. The fruits are dense and meaty, but the skin is thin – almost all of them cracked/split on the vine. If you have the ability to avoid this problem (like growing under a roof), otherwise the variety is excellent.
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