What on earth causes this?????

markd42 · July 27, 2012

I found green tomatoes that were cracked open, right to the seeds. Never saw this before. THe pics are of Great While but saw a few Brandywines as well with this. ?????

Mark

NGGrant · July 27, 2012

Did this happen after it started raining two weeks ago?

Sherry_AK · July 27, 2012

A little hard to tell from the pictures, but it looks like slug damage. Is that a possibility?

markd42 · July 29, 2012

I dont think its slugs, seems like severe cracking that must have occurred when the fruits were very young. Weird. I dont notice it on many other fruits.

Worth1 · July 30, 2012

Too much water.

Worth

raindrops27 · August 1, 2012

Mark, I've gotten a lot of this, I believe it is from to much rain. As, I have not watered my tomatoes. First time for me too, and it's the pits, as I love beautiful fruit.

Oh well, when most of them start ripening more I will just cut out the scars and make sauce.

ca1ore · August 10, 2012

I've had similar problems with some of my tomatoes - I think it is the fact that this summer has had stretched of very wet weather and then very dry weather.

riceke · August 10, 2012

I'd say it had something to do with the pollination and developmemnt of the fruit in the wet humid condition.

ContainerTed · August 10, 2012

Worth has it right. Simply too much water in too little time. The plant takes up more water than the fruit can handle, so it just bursts. I have seen this about 400-500 times this year alone.

Worth1 · August 10, 2012

A big downpour hit our area this year and did the same thing to my pomegranates, ruined every one of them.

Worth

July 27, 2012	#2
NGGrant Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Santa Cruz New Mexico Posts: 81	Did this happen after it started raining two weeks ago? __________________ Nick.

August 10, 2012	#8
riceke Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Snellville, GA Posts: 346	I'd say it had something to do with the pollination and developmemnt of the fruit in the wet humid condition. __________________ *Ken*

August 10, 2012	#9
ContainerTed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: 6a - NE Tennessee Posts: 4,538	Worth has it right. Simply too much water in too little time. The plant takes up more water than the fruit can handle, so it just bursts. I have seen this about 400-500 times this year alone. __________________ Ted ________________________ Owner & Sole Operator Of The Muddy Bucket Farm and Tomato Ranch

July 27, 2012	#3
Sherry_AK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Alaska Zone 3/4 Posts: 1,857	A little hard to tell from the pictures, but it looks like slug damage. Is that a possibility?

July 29, 2012	#4
markd42 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: New York Posts: 60	I dont think its slugs, seems like severe cracking that must have occurred when the fruits were very young. Weird. I dont notice it on many other fruits.

July 30, 2012	#5
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Too much water. Worth

August 1, 2012	#6
raindrops27 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: long island Posts: 327	Mark, I've gotten a lot of this, I believe it is from to much rain. As, I have not watered my tomatoes. First time for me too, and it's the pits, as I love beautiful fruit. Oh well, when most of them start ripening more I will just cut out the scars and make sauce.

August 10, 2012	#7
ca1ore Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Stamford, CT Posts: 13	I've had similar problems with some of my tomatoes - I think it is the fact that this summer has had stretched of very wet weather and then very dry weather.