Tomato 🍅 question

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Anyone know why they are splitting?
Too much water?
Not enough water?
Something else?

[lapfog_1]

1. exposure to George Carlin, Richard Pryor, or Robin Williams?

[Phoenix61]

2. Usually too much water and/or too much

fertilizer.

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4. Thank you

[Kali]

3. I think that one is irregular water

but NRaleighLiberal will know for sure - have you read his gorgeous book?

https://www.amazon.com/Epic-Tomatoes-Select-Grow-Varieties/dp/1612122086

https://www.craiglehoullier.com/intro

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8. Thanks!!

[LuvLoogie]

5. You could pull them and put the m in the fridge.

They look okay. You don't have to let them spoil.

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10. Will they ripen in the fridge?

[Newest Reality]

6. That's from

too much water from the point where the tomatoes start to ripen. cut back when they start going from green to red.

I have had that happen, too.

[RainCaster]

7. Agreed

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9. I will thank you

[Newest Reality]

11. De Nada!

Oh, and you may already know this, but it is probably not a good idea to eat the split tomatoes that have burst with such great joy. They are immediately compromised with bacteria that starts growing in the flesh. It may be risky.

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13. Thanks for that tip I didn't know

[NRaleighLiberal]

12. More water than the skin cell division rate can handle.

I've gone to picking them half ripe...they fully ripen on the kitchen counter and taste just as good but split less and attract less critters.

Don't refrigerate ..kills texture, dulls flavor.