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Question by Falon: Why do my tomato skins crack on the vine?
My tomatoes are just turning red and the skins are cracking, why? I have been watering them and they have sun. Any ideas? Thank you for your time.
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Answer by DiamondDiana
Too much extreme weather. Here in CT, we had a ton of rain, then a lot of sun, then too much rain again. And all my tomatoes have cracked skins! I use those tomatoes for sauce.
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to much water
weather condition or maybe the soil where u’ve planted is not good for planting
back off the watering , particularly if the fruit has developed , don’t worry if the plant looks a bit dead — after all you only want the tomatoes , and let a couple fall off the vine as they will self seed next season . good luck .
Way to much water.
The skin of tomato grows at a different rate than the inside. If the tomatoes get excessive water the inside grows too fast for the skin, resulting in the cracked skin. This is more pronounced when there is heavy rain following a prolonged period of hot dry weather.
While the problem can’t be completely resolved, there is one trick which helps to reduce the cracking. When you first plant the tomatoes you should water the heavily for several days. This tricks the plant into “thinking” it’s a wet climate and will ‘allow’ the skin to expand a little further.
This requires some trial and error because if you over do it with the watering the cracks will appear earlier.
heat and coolness to big of range in temp tomatoes didn’t do well here either to dry for to long 20 some days over 103 degrees water earlier in morning around 5:AM let water dry on top more
They grew too fast.
If tomatoes experience excessive water and/or drought, it can affect the texture of the skin. Often when there is a heavy rain tomatoes will soak up tons of water, and that can lead to split skins…especially if followed by drought.