Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lyubov Kulikova / Getty Images After tending to your tomato plants for weeks, cracks are a common but frustrating sight. Split ...

"When tomatoes get a sudden surge of water from heavy rain, the inside of the fruit swells faster than the skin can stretch." ...

Seeing a cracked tomato after weeks of waiting for a perfectly ripe one is one of gardening's biggest letdowns. One day the fruit looks great, and the next, its skin has suddenly split or it has rings ...

Whatever variety of tomato plant you're growing, the fruits are susceptible to splitting and cracking for reasons that are often outside your control, such as temperature and moisture changes. This ...

Tomatoes often split after a big rain, just as you are ready to harvest. You've watched your tomato plants grow and blossom. Nurtured the little green balls into plump, juicy fruits. And as you reach ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are few things that make gardeners groan more than finding their tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) cracked or splitting. Not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Growing your own tomatoes can be an absolute delight, but it can also be a house of horrors. From planting them too shallow to ...

Q. We have planted Celebrity tomatoes for the past two years and have had a problem with them splitting from the top of the core, and the tomatoes go bad quickly. It does not happen to all of the ...

After tending to your tomato plants for weeks, cracks are a common but frustrating sight. Split tomatoes are generally safe to eat, but the exposed flesh does shorten their shelf life since they are ...