Cracked Tomatoes

RE: Cracked Tomatoes By McMillan968 (11) Contact Even fertilizer and watering across the WHOLE growing season should eliminate this problem! If there is excessive rain early on ignore it and continue with even watering. Don't water in the heat of the day. Don't overhead water, pay attention to your PH balance. Posted on 08/31/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cracked Tomatoes By Chris (Guest Post) Wash them just before you eat, otherwise they will crack sitting on the counter too. Posted on 08/28/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cracked Tomatoes By susanmajp (944) Profile Contact I concur. Tomatoes need adequate moisture, but it must be dispersed equally during the growing season. If a dry spell is followed by a wet one, the tomato grows too fast and the skin splits. Dry spells are caused by temp extremes, so the plants get unusally stressed. This is a really common problem--you're in good company. Posted on 08/27/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cracked Tomatoes By Maria (Guest Post) THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR RESPONSES. This is a great website. Posted on 08/25/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cracked Tomatoes By Rhea (Guest Post) I was told by a gardener that it is overwatering. Here on L.I., mine are cracking before fully ripe too so I have started to pick them when they are pink. We have had torrential rain so I can't do anything about it. Posted on 08/24/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cracked Tomatoes By awanawr (Guest Post) This article explains that allowing tomatoes to ripen on the vine can cause cracking. Hope it helps. http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/news/sty/2004/tomato_plants071504.htm Posted on 08/24/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cracked Tomatoes By kayrayriggs (30) Contact It can also be caused by too much fertilizer :) Posted on 08/24/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cracked Tomatoes By badwater (751) Contact Out here, in local gardens, it's because of too hot of temps. We don't hardly ever get rain out here, very seldom. Posted on 08/24/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cracked Tomatoes By badwater (751) Contact Too hot of temperatures will do the same thing. Posted on 08/24/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cracked Tomatoes By KittyFartz New Carlise In (Guest Post) Tomato plants when growing the fruit are particular boogers. These are stress cracks These cracked because of one several reasons Cracks usually after the fruit has reached its full size and is in its ripening stage. Extreme high temperatures for a number of days while ripening another reason might be because they need to be kept at the same moisture level for the time they are bearing the fruit. They need watered EVERYDAY unless it rains Also NEVER put water on the leaves in extreme heat (unless mother nature does it) I learned this from a older lady who use to run green house. Hope this helps A really good gardening book to own is ORTHOS Home Gardeners Problem Solvers Book Posted on 08/24/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cracked Tomatoes By (Guest Post) Too much water- most tomatoes around my area have split this week thanks to all the excess rain after our near drought conditions Posted on 08/24/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cracked Tomatoes By Janet45101 (Guest Post) My sister Debbie, who gardens, says that splitting can be caused by a prolonged dry spell followed by heavy rain. Hope this helps. Posted on 08/24/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cracked Tomatoes By themuffster (70) Profile Contact This happens after a dry spell and then you either water a lot or it rains quite a bit. They grow too fast for their skin....literally! Posted on 08/24/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cracked Tomatoes By perfume and powder (569) Profile Contact Too much water. Posted on 08/24/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse

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