2007-07-17 01:59:33 · 7 answers · asked by nuthouse 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
to much watering makes them swell up and split
2007-07-17 02:04:21 · answer #1 · answered by john v 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I had a problem with this and found out that it was due to overhead watering. The skin on the tomato is very tight and when water lands on the skin it can cause it to split due to the water tension.
We moved the water to a drip irrigation and the problem went away (unless it rained but that is a whole other story).
2007-07-17 09:09:15 · answer #2 · answered by microbioguy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Normally it's caused by them going through a dry spell then getting a large amount or water. The outer surface of the tomato hardens (due to suns intense rays) then due to incoming rush of water into the plant and nowhere for it to go in the tomato because the skin has hardened and won't expand that fast, it cracks.
That's one reason why people who try growing record setting tomatoes, watermellons, pumpkins, etc cover the vegetable itself so that the skin stays soft allowing it to get larger than normal. For a tomato, you'd just cover the tomato, not the entire plant. Normally they also reduce the plant to one fruit for record setting vegetables.
2007-07-17 09:14:52 · answer #3 · answered by devilishblueyes 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
yep, too much water - whether it is you or mother nature
if the plant is used to a certain amount of h2o and then receives an over load, it'll split - they r still fine, but r more susceptible to disease
2007-07-17 09:05:29 · answer #4 · answered by tirebiter 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Heat from the sun is causing them to burst.
2007-07-17 09:06:36 · answer #5 · answered by Sane 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree tooo much water.
2007-07-17 09:07:24 · answer #6 · answered by carl d 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Too dry and then too much watering.
2007-07-20 23:45:08 · answer #7 · answered by krissyderic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋