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Old 25-07-2006, 07:18 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
George Shirley George Shirley is offline
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Default Tomatoes cracking???

Lucy wrote:
Hi everyone,
This year, our tomatoes all have had cracks in them, some little, some
bigger. Happens as soon as they start to ripen. We're doing something wrong,
just no clue what..
any advice/help greatly appreciated,
thanks,
lucy


Cracking usually is caused by heavy watering, either rain or by hand,
and then a dry spell, and then heavy watering again. Being summer
doesn't help it either. You can still eat them, they're just not pretty
anymore.

George