{"id":720,"date":"2026-08-24T14:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T14:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=720"},"modified":"2026-08-24T14:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T14:35:00","slug":"zurab-kukhianidze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/zurab-kukhianidze\/","title":{"rendered":"Zurab Kukhianidze Family Tomato: Rescued Georgian 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;720&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;Rate this&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Zurab Kukhianidze Family Tomato: Rescued Georgian 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\">Rate this<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<h2>Quick Summary of Family Variety from Zurab Kukhianidze<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin &amp; History:<\/strong> An authentic old Georgian family heirloom. The 15-year-old seeds were originally saved by the father of a forum member&#8217;s husband (Zurab Kukhianidze) in Georgia. The Russian tomato community successfully germinated these old seeds, saved the strain from extinction, and affectionately nicknamed it &#8220;Zurabchik&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate. <strong>Pro Tip:<\/strong> Do not panic at the seedling stage! Growers note that as seedlings, they look very small, weak, and resemble determinate\/bush varieties. However, once planted out, they explode into powerful, vigorous vines that can easily reach 2 meters (6.5 ft) tall.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Massive, pleated\/ribbed beefsteaks with &#8220;chubby cheeks&#8221; (fleshy shoulders). They are very heavy, with growers regularly pulling fruits weighing 600-800g (1.3-1.7 lbs).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udfa8 <strong>Color Variation:<\/strong> Because the seeds were so old and had been adapting, the initial grow-outs produced both Red and Raspberry-Pink fruits. Both are delicious, but the community generally prefers and selects seeds from the Pink\/Raspberry strain as it produces larger, more robust fruits.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> Described as the &#8220;taste of childhood&#8221;\u2014a rich, intense, sweet, and classic southern tomato flavor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">Y<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Yaroslavna (Natalia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,273 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Northern Yaroslavl Region (USDA Zone 3-4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Next season, many forum members, and not only them&#8230; in our country and far beyond its borders, will be growing this old, Georgian family variety. Its seeds were carefully saved by our Nelli \ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a, and after consulting with her, we decided to add this variety to our Catalog.<\/p>\n<p>Seeds of this variety from Georgia, from the family of Zurab Kukhianidze, were sent to me at the end of February this year&#8230; sown for seedlings on February 28th.<br \/>\nI grew it in closed ground conditions, in a polycarbonate greenhouse, in the sunniest spot. 4 plants were planted out.<br \/>\nVigorous, powerful bushes with large, dark foliage; I pruned each to 2 stems. I didn&#8217;t limit the growth of the main shoots or pinch the growing points until the end of the season&#8230; At the end of the season, the plants were about 2 m (6.5 ft) tall&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Based on the results of the first year of growing, we can conclude that the variety is characterized by high rates of disease resistance, but is quite demanding of good agricultural practices. It is a mid-season ripening variety (in my conditions).<\/p>\n<p>The fruits are all large, oblate, very meaty, with a rich, intense flavor of real southern tomatoes.<br \/>\nNelli correctly defined this taste (THE TASTE OF CHILDHOOD!)<\/p>\n<p>The full potential of the variety has not yet been fully studied, I will definitely test it in the coming years )))<\/p>\n<p>We will be glad to see your results of growing this variety from different regions next year! \ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a<\/p>\n<p><small><em>Edited November 14, 2016 by Yaroslavna<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/136\/318-020816133909.jpeg\" alt=\"Huge Georgian heirloom tomatoes on a plate\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/153\/318-131116131003.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/153\/thumb_318-131116131003.jpeg\" alt=\"Zurab Kukhianidze variety seeds\" width=\"160\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">D<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Drosera (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,413 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yekaterinburg, Middle Urals (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I understand your excitement, but do you think such a conversation is appropriate in the official catalog?<\/p>\n<p>And not everyone welcomes the appearance of &#8220;family&#8221; (unregistered) varieties in the catalog \ud83e\udd10.<\/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 <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (29,344 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow \/ South Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Quote by Drosera:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I understand your excitement, but do you think such a conversation is appropriate in the official catalog? And not everyone welcomes the appearance of &#8220;family&#8221; (unregistered) varieties in the catalog \ud83e\udd10.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I think this variety is destined for the same popularity as &#8216;Rozovye Krupnye from Ninulia&#8217;, &#8216;Verkiny&#8217;, and &#8216;Malinovyy Trufel from Galya-64&#8217;. I would leave it in the catalog. After all, not all family varieties make it here, only those that are especially famous on the forum and which everyone constantly asks about, requesting to &#8220;point them where they can read about it&#8221; \ud83d\ude04<\/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\">Lyudasik (Lyudmila) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (11,406 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow \/ Mozhaysk Area (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Quote by Drosera:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;not everyone welcomes the appearance of &#8220;family&#8221; varieties in the catalog.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Why isn&#8217;t it the place? This is our forum catalog, not the State Registry! Whatever we grow is what we enter into the catalog. Of course, it&#8217;s necessary to maintain variety purity and names, but there are exceptions to the rules! And family heirloom varieties are no worse than State Registry ones; there should be descriptions of them, the information must be stored somewhere. Or we need a separate catalog: &#8220;Family Heirloom Varieties of the Forum&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">D<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Drosera (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,413 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yekaterinburg, Middle Urals (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>OK, let it stay, if anyone doesn&#8217;t like it \u2014 that&#8217;s their problem, let them not read it.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll clean up the excess chatter later.<\/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 <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (29,344 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow \/ South Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Natasha, what color is it \u2014 red or pink?<\/p>\n<p>From the tags for &#8220;Zurabchik&#8221;, one bush grew with pure red fruits weighing 300-500g (10-17 oz), very productive \ud83d\udc4d, and the other with pink ones; the first fruit was very huge \ud83d\ude33, the rest were about 300-400g (10-14 oz).<\/p>\n<p>I must have mixed something up somewhere, we need to figure this out \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n<p><small><em>Edited September 12, 2017 by Svetikk<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">N<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Ninulia (Nina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (39,541 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Southeastern Nizhny Novgorod Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Quote by Svetikk:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Natasha, what color is it \u2014 red or pink? &#8230;I must have mixed something up somewhere, we need to figure this out \ud83d\ude33<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sveta, I didn&#8217;t mix it up \u2014 I only had one plant grow out of the 2 seeds I sowed. Judging by the photos, I was expecting something dark, but they came out pink. However, over time the color darkens a bit and becomes closer to raspberry. But you can identify them without any problems by their shape \u2014 round, large beefsteaks, flattened at the bottom and top, and still a bit ribbed. Or rather, with large gentle waves.<\/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 <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (29,344 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow \/ South Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>And I gave the pink ones to my neighbor \ud83d\ude2b, and saved the red ones for seeds \u2014 I looked at Natasha&#8217;s photo with the scale, and the tag says &#8220;red large&#8221; \ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">Y<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Yaroslavna (Natalia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,273 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Northern Yaroslavl Region (USDA Zone 3-4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Svetik, Ninulya, last year it was the same for me, there were bushes with red fruits and with pink-raspberry ones&#8230; I took seeds specifically from the raspberry-colored fruits, which I sent out to everyone. The original seeds did sit around for almost 15 years after all \ud83d\udcdd<\/p>\n<p>And this year, even on the same plant, I got fruits of different colors \u2014 both dark raspberry and carmine red \ud83d\ude32<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it&#8217;s still the influence of growing conditions, variety sensitivity&#8230;<br \/>\nIt might manifest one year and be absent the next. Well, this summer goes without saying \u2014 nothing but surprises!<\/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 <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (29,344 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow \/ South Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>So I should take seeds from the pink one? That will be our Zurabchik?<\/p>\n<p>I ran to the greenhouse, there are 4 small fruits hanging on the pink one, so all is not lost yet \ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n<p>Why didn&#8217;t I ask earlier? \ud83d\ude2b<\/p>\n<p>But the yield of the red one is wow! \ud83d\ude33 and they are all large, even, round, the taste is very good. The bush, shape, and number of fruits differ from the pink one. Eh, it&#8217;s a pity that this comrade is now nameless.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">Z<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Zulfiya <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (15,967 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ufa, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>On my monitor, the color of the grass in the first photo looks bluer than natural, perhaps the color rendering is distorted, hence the pink look. The second photo conveys the &#8220;blue-yellow&#8221; balance more accurately, the tomato is red.<\/p>\n<p>In Akhatov&#8217;s classification (famous Russian agronomist), pink-fruited tomatoes have clear skin, and red-fruited ones have yellow skin. What kind of skin does Zurabchik have? If it varies, we can supplement the variety name with the color and grow both.<\/p>\n<p><small><em>Edited September 13, 2017 by Zulfiya<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">T<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">TatianaSh (Tatiana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,470 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ramensky District, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Svet, just name it Nezurabchik (Not-Zurabchik) \ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">Y<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Yaroslavna (Natalia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,273 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Northern Yaroslavl Region (USDA Zone 3-4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Girls, I&#8217;m clarifying once again and don&#8217;t want to mislead anyone ))) The seeds from Nelli came with a note \u2014 seeds from Zurab Kukhianidze, red&#8230; accordingly, the same tag was hung on the plants \ud83d\udcdd The plants eventually produced both red fruits and pink-raspberry ones&#8230;<br \/>\nI collected my seeds from the raspberry-colored fruits, those plants were stronger, more productive, and the fruits were all large, there were no small ones at all&#8230;<br \/>\nThis season the exact same thing happened, fruits of different colors appeared, and not just for me \ud83d\udcdd<\/p>\n<p>In the very first post, I wrote that the full potential of the variety has not yet been fully studied, it should continue to be observed and evaluated&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Zulfiya suggested this variant \u2014 &#8220;from Zurab Kukhianidze, red&#8221; and &#8220;from Zurab Kukhianidze, pink&#8221;. Maybe that&#8217;s right? \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\nBut, every year, I will nevertheless collect seeds specifically from the raspberry-colored fruits and continue to observe it \ud83c\udf3a<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/110\/318-280216103024.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/110\/thumb_318-280216103024.jpeg\" alt=\"Zurab Kukhianidze seedling\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">I<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Inna <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,399 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Sverdlovsk Region, Ural (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I will also try to grow this variety in the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>Three little seedlings are growing. All three are cute, quite sturdy. Only in height do they lag behind other varieties by about a third. Is it supposed to be like this, or am I not giving them enough of something?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">N<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Nata N. (Natalia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (36,844 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Dmitrovka, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Same for me. They look very much like seedlings of determinates (bush tomatoes).<\/p>\n<p>And on a cold day they got chlorosis, weak seedlings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/212\/18804-240318064612.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/212\/thumb_18804-240318064612.jpeg\" alt=\"Small Zurab Kukhianidze seedlings showing chlorosis\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">I<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Inna <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,399 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Sverdlovsk Region, Ural (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>It seems the plants are supposed to become vigorous and tall. I was also expecting leggy seedlings.<br \/>\nMaybe they will shoot up later!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">N<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Nata N. (Natalia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (36,844 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Dmitrovka, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Inna, this is an old photo. I sowed on March 10. I took the photo because the surprising size of the seedlings amazed me then too.<br \/>\nHere it is in the center in the foreground:<br \/>\nIt got over the chlorosis and recovered. You can see that it&#8217;s still tiny, and the bush shape looks like a determinate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/214\/18804-120418144318.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/214\/thumb_18804-120418144318.jpeg\" alt=\"Small Zurab Kukhianidze tomato seedling\" width=\"160\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">I<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Inna <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,399 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Sverdlovsk Region, Ural (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Maybe the artificial lighting affects it that way. Nowhere to stretch, so it just gets sturdier.<\/p>\n<p>Mine are growing in Spartan conditions on a cool windowsill, outside of which it has been constantly cloudy this spring, so they don&#8217;t look like determinates at all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">M<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">mopsdad1 (Mikhail) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,123 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Stary Oskol (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>If the fruit color varies, then the variety is unstable. Personally, I believe such things shouldn&#8217;t be added to the catalog. Even if we aren&#8217;t the State Registry, I know many people rely on our catalog when choosing. Entering all sorts of family and self-named varieties into it is, to say the least, unprofessional. Let&#8217;s not turn the catalog into a garbage dump.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">D<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Drosera (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,413 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yekaterinburg, Middle Urals (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Quote by mopsdad1:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s not turn the catalog into a garbage dump.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Watch your language, think first before you write.<\/p>\n<p><small><em>Edited April 26, 2018 by Drosera<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">I<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Inna <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,399 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Sverdlovsk Region, Ural (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Actually, here it is:<br \/>\nZurabchik (on the right) and for comparison Yee Chan&#8217;s Uncle&#8217;s Oxheart (on the left). Sowed and pricked out at the same time. Took the photo today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/215\/19631-250418114449.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/215\/thumb_19631-250418114449.jpeg\" alt=\"Zurab Kukhianidze seedling compared to Yee Chans Uncle Oxheart\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">N<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Ninulia (Nina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (39,541 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Southeastern Nizhny Novgorod Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I&#8217;ll speak on Zurabchik! A worthy variety, such large beefsteaks, the color \u2014 well, it&#8217;s even hard to describe \u2014 raspberry-pink and with orange&#8230; There! And it seemed like a completely stable variety to me. And yes, the girls here are confused \u2014 it&#8217;s not very tall at all, closer to a determinate, but in my greenhouse it didn&#8217;t top out (stop growing), it just kept growing upwards. But definitely a semi-determinate. I planted it in the highest raised bed, and it was the shortest one there, exactly the same height as Natalia&#8217;s Watermelon. They could have been planted in the side beds. The height was 1.20-1.30 m (4-4.2 ft) and certainly no taller than 1.50 m (5 ft) \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">P<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Petrofka (Natalia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (8,057 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Nizhny Novgorod (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Girls, thanks for the timely warning. I will be re-tailoring my planting plans.<\/p>\n<p>I have everything in open ground, but dets and indets are in completely different places. Otherwise, I had it listed simply as an indet, and in the seedling stage, it really isn&#8217;t very tall yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">Y<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Yaroslavna (Natalia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,273 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Northern Yaroslavl Region (USDA Zone 3-4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Quote by mopsdad1:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>**** A normal person seriously engaged in collecting varieties, seeing this in the catalog, will simply never look into it again. Aren&#8217;t there enough of these varieties from all sorts of charlatan sellers, found by hermit Old Believers accidentally wandering into the mountains of Tibet and stealing a single fruit from meditating lamas. If the goal of the catalog is to collect all the garbage from the net, and not to compile a truly authoritative guide for enthusiasts, then go right ahead. I&#8217;ll be quiet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\ud83d\ude32\ud83d\ude32\ud83d\ude32 Well, now it&#8217;s clear where the &#8220;wind is blowing from&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Svetlana (Drosera) is indeed right.<\/p>\n<p>I want to remind you once again that the variety &#8220;from Zurab Kukhianidze&#8221; is an old family variety of the Kukhianidze family, the seeds of which were saved by our forum member Nelli !!!<\/p>\n<p>Here is how Nelli herself writes about it ))) &#8230; this variety is from Georgia, that&#8217;s where my husband&#8217;s roots are. His father used to grow this variety even here in the Moscow region, about 5 years ago, in a greenhouse&#8230;<br \/>\nThey always turned out tasty, meaty, and very large&#8230; but these seeds themselves came directly from Georgia, they must be about 15 years old \ud83d\ude32<\/p>\n<p>His father didn&#8217;t save seeds from his Moscow-acclimatized ones for some reason&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>So, she and I wanted to do a good deed \ud83d\ude1e she sent me these seeds to revive (those Georgian ones, which were about 15 years old&#8230;), I grew them out and she and I started distributing the seeds of this variety further&#8230; the variety was not lost, but remained as a memory of her relatives from Georgia!<\/p>\n<p>What is wrong here again??? \ud83e\udd14 Why is someone always itching to complain??? And why recently has filling the forum catalog become the prerogative of certain individual forum members? \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">M<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Murka (Masha) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (9,357 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Nizhny Novgorod Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I&#8217;ll also speak my mind, let the moderator clean it up later&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Natalia Pavlovna, Nellechka, and all other forum members who are engaged in resurrecting old family heirloom varieties, a huge thank you for adding them to the catalog!!!!! You can easily find information on the variety!<\/p>\n<p>Mikhail, we are not the State Registry; if you don&#8217;t want to, then don&#8217;t look at the family varieties!<\/p>\n<p>But many! Very many people need this!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">I<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Inna <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,399 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Sverdlovsk Region, Ural (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Planted ZK one bush per different greenhouses. As I wrote above, initially the seedlings were shorter than the rest. Now in their permanent spot, I think they are vigorously catching up to their neighbors and getting stronger right before my eyes (knock on wood).<\/p>\n<p>I plan to train it to two stems, but we&#8217;ll see how it actually turns out.<\/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\">Baba-Yaga (Yulia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,608 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Western Siberia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My Zurab Kukhianidze, seeds from Ninulia \ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/236\/19257-170818055139.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/236\/19257-170818055139.jpeg\" alt=\"Massive Zurab Kukhianidze tomato fruit\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><\/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\">Sergeevna (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83c\udf31 Vegetable Expert (412 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd 320 km from Kostroma (USDA Zone 3-4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>And here is my Zurab Kukhianidze, 670g (1.5 lbs) (Thanks to Natashenka Borisovna) \ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/236\/22998-170818062925.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/236\/22998-170818062925.jpeg\" alt=\"Zurab Kukhianidze tomato weighing 670 grams on scale\" width=\"562\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Aglaya (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,132 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Yesterday we picked a Zurab weighing 820 g (1.8 lbs).<\/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\">Lyudmila (Barnaul) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83c\udf31 Vegetable Expert (394 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Barnaul, Siberia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My tomato from Zurab Kukhianidze (seeds from Svetikk) this year is shaping up to be the open-ground champion:<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday it still weighed 602 g (1.3 lbs), today it &#8220;lost weight&#8221; a little bit. A specimen saved for seeds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/236\/19949-170818101023.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/236\/thumb_19949-170818101023.jpeg\" alt=\"Zurab Kukhianidze tomato weighting 587g\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/236\/19949-170818100850.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/236\/thumb_19949-170818100850.jpeg\" alt=\"Large ribbed Zurab Kukhianidze tomato\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">N<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Nataly <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (7,041 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Istra District, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Here is my Zurab, grew in open ground without shelter. Excellent variety! These two tomatoes are from one bush, and there were smaller ones on it too. Regarding the color, red or raspberry-pink, I would say this: at first it is red, and then it starts turning raspberry-colored from the bottom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/241\/14163-180918144629.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/241\/thumb_14163-180918144629.jpeg\" alt=\"Two large Zurab Kukhianidze tomatoes on scale\" width=\"119\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">I<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Inna <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,399 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Sverdlovsk Region, Ural (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Natalia Pavlovna perfectly described these tomatoes. Large, there were practically none under 300 grams (10.5 oz), tasty! Mine turned out plump, with folds and &#8220;chubby cheeks&#8221;, dark pink color. True, they were quite late.<\/p>\n<p>Natalia Pavlovna, thank you for the seeds!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/239\/19631-040918115748.jpeg\" alt=\"Zurab Kukhianidze large pink ribbed tomato\" width=\"586\" height=\"1000\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/242\/19631-021018044304.jpeg\" alt=\"Zurab Kukhianidze dark pink tomato\" width=\"519\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">amarant (Alla) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (4,069 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Nizhny Novgorod (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I also grew this Variety last season. Thanks to Ninulia for the seeds.<\/p>\n<p>Two bushes grew in the greenhouse and one in open ground. I liked the tomato very much. It grew in both places trained to 4-5 stems, was productive and very tasty. Such a pronounced tomato flavor with moderate sweetness. The fruits were almost identical in size, whether on the lower or upper trusses. Yes, it was mid-season, which is actually a good thing. When other large-fruited varieties started getting smaller, this one just started ripening. In open ground, it ripened earlier.<\/p>\n<p>This photo is the last harvest before removing the bushes from the greenhouse. You can see that practically all the tomatoes remained large.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.vfl.ru\/ii\/1551532874\/a0ca9fc1\/25607396_m.jpg\" alt=\"Harvest of Zurabchik tomatoes\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.vfl.ru\/ii\/1551533014\/52261e83\/25607411_m.jpg\" alt=\"Large red Zurab Kukhianidze tomatoes on plant\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Summary of Family Variety from Zurab Kukhianidze \ud83c\udf0d Origin &amp; History: An authentic old Georgian family heirloom. The 15-year-old seeds were originally saved by the father of a forum member&#8217;s husband (Zurab Kukhianidze) in Georgia. The Russian tomato community successfully germinated these old seeds, saved the strain from extinction, and affectionately nicknamed it &#8220;Zurabchik&#8221;. &#8230; <a title=\"Zurab Kukhianidze Family Tomato: Rescued Georgian Heirloom\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/zurab-kukhianidze\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Zurab Kukhianidze Family Tomato: Rescued Georgian Heirloom\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1,211],"tags":[11,33,43,132,47,456],"class_list":["post-720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russian-eastern-european-heirlooms","category-beefsteak-large-slicers","category-ribbed-tomatoes","tag-huge-tomato","tag-indeterminate","tag-late-season","tag-pink-beefsteak","tag-red-beefsteak","tag-ribbed-tomatoes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":722,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720\/revisions\/722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}