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Curmudgeoness

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1. Tomatopalooza! Wish I could have been there.

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Fri Aug 3, 2012, 07:51 PM

Aug 2012

It sounds like a great place to go to taste tomatoes. Glad you get publicity!

I have to ask, since I always thought of this as a failure on my part---what causes the tomatoes to crack, and it is avoidable? Or is it ok and doesn't ruin the tomato? (This is the reason I have given up on growing large tomatoes anymore.)

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Tomatopalooza! Wish I could have been there. Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #1

Cracking in tomatoes - part genetics, with a dash of the weather/growing conditions. NRaleighLiberal Aug 2012 #2

Nice article. Denninmi Aug 2012 #3

hard to explain, like all hobbies/passions - or maybe we are all just selected somehow NRaleighLiberal Aug 2012 #4

Nice article. Since you're in NC, I have to ask if you have the 'leaf spot' disease problem? dmosh42 Aug 2012 #5

Two choices - Alternaria (Early Blight) - or Septoria Leaf Spot - both are NRaleighLiberal Aug 2012 #6

Ok, thanks for that quick reply. I know my neighbors have the same problems, and... dmosh42 Aug 2012 #7