Tomatoes typically split due to sudden changes in watering, especially after a dry spell followed by heavy rain or overwatering. Tomatoes with thinner skins, like heirloom varieties, are more ...

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 ...

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 ...

Q: We have grown tomatoes here in Albuquerque for 30 years. My favorite is a variety called Fantastic, and generally they put out a great crop. My question is, why do the tops of the tomatoes split ...

Cracked tomatoes may look alarming, but the cause is often simple. Tomatoes typically split due to sudden changes in watering, especially after a dry spell followed by heavy rain or overwatering.