2006-06-27 09:07:46 · 9 answers · asked by pumpkinky2001 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
They usually crack because they get too much water too fast. The skin can't grow fast enough to keep up with the inside growth of the tomato.
2006-06-27 10:19:20 · answer #1 · answered by oil field trash 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason for cracking tomatoes is that you have let the plants dry out too much between watering.
2006-06-27 15:40:46 · answer #2 · answered by darpdarp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are more than one reason tomatoes crack but the most common is uneven watering.Heavy rain or irrigation shortly before or as the fruit are ripening will cause cracking. Over fertilizing as fruit ripen can also cause cracking.
The fruit crack because they are incressing in size at a time ( ripening ) that the skin is no longer growing.
Try shorter watering times.
2006-06-27 09:18:12 · answer #3 · answered by daviddemarco2003 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of the above, but some varieties are more prone to cracking than others. Plant those next year.
2006-06-29 03:52:37 · answer #4 · answered by dderat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't water the plants just before the tomatoes ripen. That will make them split.
2006-06-27 20:41:54 · answer #5 · answered by galacticsleigh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try rubbing them with lotion daily, helps me with dryness and cracking!!
2006-06-27 09:11:51 · answer #6 · answered by Woody 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They need to be watered more.
Try the forums at http://www.suburbangarden.com/ they are geared more toward this type of questions
2006-06-27 09:18:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably too much water.
2006-06-27 09:17:13 · answer #8 · answered by lpaganus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask little kids at home
2006-06-27 09:09:31 · answer #9 · answered by sanyog Kesar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋