{"id":4989,"date":"2026-10-10T14:59:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T14:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=4989"},"modified":"2026-10-10T15:00:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T15:00:43","slug":"kubiki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/kubiki\/","title":{"rendered":"Kubiki (Little Cubes) Tomato: A Heavy-Yielding 25-Year-Old Mystery Heirloom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-left kksr-valign-top\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;4989&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Share your rating&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Kubiki (Little Cubes) Tomato: A Heavy-Yielding 25-Year-Old Mystery Heirloom&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"kksr-legend\" style=\"font-size: 19.2px;\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Share your rating<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"tldr-box\" style=\"background: #f4f9f4; padding: 20px; border-left: 5px solid #4CAF50; margin-bottom: 30px; border-radius: 4px;\">\n<h3>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Kubiki (Cubes)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> An unnamed Russian family heirloom that has been passed down and grown for over 25 years. The original name was lost to time, so the grower dubbed it &#8220;Kubiki&#8221; (Cubes) due to its blocky shape.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> A true determinate (bush) variety. It stays short, maxing out around 20-24 inches (50-60 cm). It is incredibly low-maintenance and requires absolutely no pruning or suckering.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Pinkish-red, distinctly blocky, oval-cube shaped fruits. They are remarkably large for such a compact bush, averaging 3.5-6.3 oz (100-180 g).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor &amp; Use:<\/strong> A very traditional, neutral tomato flavor. It lacks intense sweetness or sharp acidity, but packs a massive old-school tomato aroma. Because the flesh is so dense and meaty, it is the ultimate workhorse for canning, fermenting, or pickling.\n<p>Read the thread below for a classic tomato forum detective story, as growers debate whether this family heirloom is actually a famous commercial variety in disguise!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"add-review-cta\" style=\"margin: 20px 0; padding: 15px; background: #f9f9f9; border-left: 4px solid #4CAF50; border-radius: 4px;\"><strong>\ud83c\udf45 Grown this variety?<\/strong> <a href=\"#wpdcom\">Click here to add your own photos and review below!<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">barbariska (Lada Borisenko) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,913 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Here are the Kubiki (Cubes) from the catalog on the old forum. This is my 2012 harvest. I planted them outdoors right in the dirt in early May. I covered them with row cover for the first little while. Didn&#8217;t prune them at all.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/5571_87f6d934639c8fc805271eda63572b10dfd7ed6c.jpg\" alt=\"Bucket full of pink blocky Kubiki tomatoes\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/5573_68213b74440b6e6277b47a731dc4aaf693d534d8.jpg\" alt=\"Kubiki tomato plant loaded with fruit\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">barbariska (Lada Borisenko) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,913 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Just look at this yield.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/5577_a243611d522d16dc43a7df1e371871b038ff2553.jpg\" alt=\"Massive clusters of blocky tomatoes on short bush\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/5579_932401861fa5f211d39e0da77685033e4adcd03d.jpg\" alt=\"Dense clusters of Kubiki paste tomatoes\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/5581_1eac7c30bb726836901b087e00e558f6001411ad.jpg\" alt=\"Heavy fruit set on unpruned Kubiki tomato plant\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">L<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Lana (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,417 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Awesome harvest! What seed company produces this one? And how is the flavor?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">G<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">GaLiNa <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,602 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>They really are almost perfectly cubic cubes. I remember someone on here saying these were their absolute favorite cubes to grow&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">barbariska (Lada Borisenko) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,913 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Oh, the original name was lost to time, unfortunately, just because we&#8217;ve been growing it for so long. These are my own saved seeds. I sent some out to folks on the forum, but I haven&#8217;t seen any comments or reviews from them yet. Anyone out there?!?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">S<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Serezha (Sergey) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,020 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>They look a lot like the variety Solnechnyi (Sunny) &#8211; short bush up to 20 inches (50 cm), fruit weight up to 2.3 oz (65 g).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">G<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Galina P. (Galina P.) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (37,710 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>So what do they actually taste like?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">S<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Serezha (Sergey) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,020 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I was just looking up photos of the Solnechnyi variety from the Aelita seed company online, and I found the exact same stock photo used for the Ladnyi variety by the Sedek seed company. \ud83d\ude42 So which is which?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">barbariska (Lada Borisenko) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,913 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The weight is around 5.3-6.3 oz (150-180 g). They aren&#8217;t small. There are a lot of varieties that look similar in pictures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">barbariska (Lada Borisenko) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,913 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I would call the flavor neutral. No sharp acidity, but no real sweetness either. However, they have a very pronounced, classic tomato aroma.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">O<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Oksana (Oksana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,053 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Welp, I&#8217;m doomed. And here I promised myself I wasn&#8217;t going to add anything else to my want list.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">E<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Elena_ (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,838 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Samara Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>This is Stolypin. All the descriptions of your &#8220;cubes&#8221; fit it perfectly. There was a very detailed thread describing Stolypin on the old forum.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/5634_293a3209455f1ddf893833ce77f3cf35d14ff337.jpg\" alt=\"Comparison photo of Stolypin tomato\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/5636_85d3b600bd19a22c3358219c7ac38b027b2dadcf.jpg\" alt=\"Stolypin tomato plant on the vine\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">L<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Lana (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,417 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Elena_ wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is Stolypin. All the descriptions of your cubes fit it perfectly.<\/p>\n<p>There was a very detailed thread describing Stolypin on the old forum.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Stolypin and Kubiki are indeed very similar in both fruit shape and plant height. Though, to be fair, there are quite a few &#8220;twin&#8221; varieties out there nowadays.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">E<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Elena_ (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,838 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Samara Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>They match in flavor, leaf shape, and those same curled sepals. Plus, Lada doesn&#8217;t remember what variety her cubes originally came from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">barbariska (Lada Borisenko) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,913 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I will absolutely plant Stolypin to compare, though I honestly don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s it. We&#8217;ve been growing these little guys for at least 25 years. I highly doubt Stolypin even existed back then. We need to dig deeper into the history of older varieties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">S<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Svetikk (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (29,384 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Kubiki. A short, heavy-yielding bush up to 24 inches (60 cm), you can skip pruning entirely. Mid-early. Pinkish, oval-cube shaped fruits. Firm, meaty, pretty good flavor, and not small at all\u2014up to 3.5-5.3 oz (100-150 g). They are absolutely perfect for all kinds of preserves, fermenting, and pickling (including canning them in wedges).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_09\/DSCN8812.JPG.9de42a05e3ae76df629ef845bbaabb5f.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_09\/DSCN8812.thumb.JPG.d4e1823fd731ba13a0dd6196cb45b5f1.JPG\" alt=\"Harvest of pink blocky Kubiki paste tomatoes\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"editor-note\" style=\"background: #eef7ff; padding: 15px; border-left: 4px solid #2196F3; margin-top: 15px; font-size: 1.2em;\"><strong>\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83c\udf3e Editor&#8217;s Note: The Seed Company Stock Photo Scam<\/strong><br \/>\nIn this thread, user <em>Serezha<\/em> points out a hilarious and all-too-common issue in the Russian seed market: large commercial seed vendors (like Aelita and Sedek) notoriously steal stock photos from the internet\u2014or even from each other\u2014and slap them onto completely different varieties.This makes identifying older &#8220;lost&#8221; family heirlooms (like Lada&#8217;s 25-year-old Kubiki) incredibly difficult when comparing them to modern catalogs. While other users suggest her tomato might be the commercial variety <em>Stolypin<\/em>, Lada rightly points out that her family was growing this tomato long before Stolypin was ever bred or registered!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Kubiki (Cubes) \ud83c\udf0d Origin: An unnamed Russian family heirloom that has been passed down and grown for over 25 years. The original name was lost to time, so the grower dubbed it &#8220;Kubiki&#8221; (Cubes) due to its blocky shape. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: A true determinate (bush) variety. 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