Cracking --which Varieites better tolerant to Cracking

Black Krim · February 3, 2017

Last summer my Black Krim often cracked. Loved the flavor but the cracking allowed molds to thrive in that crack.

Lost most of the fruit due to the very dry summer and inability to water enough.

Reading the seed catalogs, sometimes a variety is listed as tolerant to cracking. Im trying to compile a list!!!!! Can be OP or f1.

What are the characteristics of those tomatos that reduces the cracking?? Tough skin? How the water moves thru the stem and leaves???

Fourth of July did well.
Red Currant cracked but still produced lots of fruit when others quit.

gssgarden · February 3, 2017

I don't think I've ever had a Big Beef crack on me yet!

Greg

BigVanVader · February 3, 2017

Juliet never crack. I mean how could they; the skin is 6 inches thick.

AKmark · February 3, 2017

In my controlled environment, the varieties I listed in my market thread do not crack much at all. I cannot sell tomatoes with cracks.

Durgan · February 3, 2017

Cracking is usually a moisture situation. Heavy mulching with wood chips reduces the problem, but if there is heavy rainfall then hot Sun cracking is hard to avoid. But this is not a common situation.

Black Krim is my favourite and I usually grow 8 plants or so. They do scar considerably, but picking them early limits cracking.

Black Krim · February 3, 2017

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Originally Posted by BigVanVader

Juliet never crack. I mean how could they; the skin is 6 inches thick.

LOL How is Juliet when biting into? Like an apple?

Black Krim · February 3, 2017

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Originally Posted by AKmark

In my controlled environment, the varieties I listed in my market thread do not crack much at all. I cannot sell tomatoes with cracks.

Black Krim · February 3, 2017

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Originally Posted by gssgarden

I don't think I've ever had a Big Beef crack on me yet!

Greg

Is the skin thick?? Or tough when eating??

Rachidillo · August 15, 2017

Im growing tomatoes, mostly heirlooms in a high tunnel in Sweden. Some of the varieties I grow are prone to cracking, like Sudduth Brandywine, Prudens Purple, Purple Russian and Peacevine. Others like Crnkovic Yugoslavian and Cherokee Purple are doing very well. Green Zebra, Matina and Jaunne Flammee also no cracks. Black Plum, Black Cherry, Sun Gold and Galina Cherry are also on the list of crack free tomatoes if I remember right.

Because we lack a good watering system so far we have quite an extreme watering pattern, watering in a trench with a hose, once a week or less often, which together with our sandy soil is a good recipe for cracking. We try to remediate this mulching but Brandywine and Prudens Purple still crack. We stopped watering for the season for about 10 days ago but we are still getting cracks in some tomatoes when they get fully mature.

February 3, 2017	#1
Black Krim Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: New England Posts: 661	Cracking --which Varieites better tolerant to Cracking Last summer my Black Krim often cracked. Loved the flavor but the cracking allowed molds to thrive in that crack. Lost most of the fruit due to the very dry summer and inability to water enough. Reading the seed catalogs, sometimes a variety is listed as tolerant to cracking. Im trying to compile a list!!!!! Can be OP or f1. What are the characteristics of those tomatos that reduces the cracking?? Tough skin? How the water moves thru the stem and leaves??? Fourth of July did well. Red Currant cracked but still produced lots of fruit when others quit.

February 3, 2017	#2
gssgarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: N.C. Posts: 1,827	I don't think I've ever had a Big Beef crack on me yet! Greg

February 3, 2017	#3
BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	Juliet never crack. I mean how could they; the skin is 6 inches thick.

February 3, 2017	#4
AKmark Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Wasilla Alaska Posts: 2,010	In my controlled environment, the varieties I listed in my market thread do not crack much at all. I cannot sell tomatoes with cracks.

February 3, 2017	#5
Durgan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Brantford, ON, Canada Posts: 1,341	Cracking is usually a moisture situation. Heavy mulching with wood chips reduces the problem, but if there is heavy rainfall then hot Sun cracking is hard to avoid. But this is not a common situation. Black Krim is my favourite and I usually grow 8 plants or so. They do scar considerably, but picking them early limits cracking.

August 15, 2017	#9
Rachidillo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Sweden Posts: 9	Im growing tomatoes, mostly heirlooms in a high tunnel in Sweden. Some of the varieties I grow are prone to cracking, like Sudduth Brandywine, Prudens Purple, Purple Russian and Peacevine. Others like Crnkovic Yugoslavian and Cherokee Purple are doing very well. Green Zebra, Matina and Jaunne Flammee also no cracks. Black Plum, Black Cherry, Sun Gold and Galina Cherry are also on the list of crack free tomatoes if I remember right. Because we lack a good watering system so far we have quite an extreme watering pattern, watering in a trench with a hose, once a week or less often, which together with our sandy soil is a good recipe for cracking. We try to remediate this mulching but Brandywine and Prudens Purple still crack. We stopped watering for the season for about 10 days ago but we are still getting cracks in some tomatoes when they get fully mature.