14-08-2010, 04:47 AM
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Sun split tomatoes
Frank wrote:
On 8/13/2010 7:02 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
Despite a very mild summer, temps barely in the low 90s at worst, my
celebrities have come in and are sun split. They have latitudinal
splits starting at the stem end. They taste great, are rather large
compared to last year and overall a good crop. But what accounts
for the splitting of the skin? I just harvested 20 tomatoes and all
but 2 were split to some degree. Of course organic tomatoes are
cosmetically imperfect but I'd like to address this next year if
possible.
First thought was too much water but googling indicates it is caused
by erratic watering:
http://www.thegardenhelper.com/splittomatoes.htm
That's it.
D
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