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Author Garden: tomatoes splitting? pagarden Dream Gardener Member # 2799 posted                       mine AND my neighbors big tomatoes are splitting on the bottom. they are still green and it's almost like they are growing faster than the skin, so the skin splits but they still grow. so i was thinking when they turn red i'll just got that part off and see if they are still good. anyhow what do you think is causing that? it isn't bugs. it gets full sun. too much rain? Plants: 362 | From: NE PA | Registered: Jun 2004  |  Seeded: 172.165.234.240 Pineapple_Raye Dream Gardener Member # 3049 posted                    Tomato cracking may be due to inconsistent watering. Like if they went through a dry period before you began the 3x a day watering. The watering of tomatoes has to be consistent. Next if water is not stable then blossom end rot might set in. This disease is caused by the inability of calcium to be transported due to one of three things; too little water, too much water, or cold temperatures. After those conditions are corrected, there is nothing to do for the black ends. Again, Try to maintain consistent moisture by watering and/or using a mulch. Here is a link about it from Cornell: Blossom Rot Plants: 158 | From: St. Petersburg Florida | Registered: Jul 2004  |  Seeded: 24.227.78.118 pagarden Dream Gardener Member # 2799 posted                       not blossom end rot though..... just did a few searches and found this picture- mine look like the ones on the right. it said it was "catface" and "could" be from cold temps around blossom time which sounds about right, we had a few cool nights and it even made my pepper buds fall off. so frustrating. so you think it will still ripen and i could eat like 1/2 of the tomato???? hhmm...... my cherry tomatoes are just fine! Plants: 362 | From: NE PA | Registered: Jun 2004  |  Seeded: 172.153.4.223 Pineapple_Raye Dream Gardener Member # 3049 posted                    I don't about the eating, but your tomatoes win the award for the most ugly fruit~~LOL! Plants: 158 | From: St. Petersburg Florida | Registered: Jul 2004  |  Seeded: 24.227.78.118 Phil and Laura guest posted                 Well You Could eat the good parts...If you are REAL hungry for Maters, but the fruit set after your cold spell will be fine, Patience! We Have some cat-facing here too, the last 2 weeks have seen 9 days of rain and 40 degree nights...everything a tomato HATES Seeded: 170.215.46.116 papito Super Gardener Member # 1346 posted                       Catfacing is a deformity in which fruits look gnarled, creased or twisted. The culprit could be Stinkbugs, lygus bugs and harlequin bugs. The bugs insert their strawlike mouth parts into the fruits and foliage to suck out plant juices. Bugs attacking foliage can be hand-picked and destroyed or killed by spraying with insecticidal soap, or releasing parasitoid wasps or tachninid flies that feeds on stinkbugs' eggs and nymphs. Remove catfaced fruits BEFORE they ripen, to encourage later crop. * * * * Amor est vitae essentia. Love is the essence of life. Plants: 932 | From: Northern California, Zone 9b | Registered: Jul 2003  |  Seeded: 172.195.94.155 Phil and Laura guest posted                 Interesting Papito, My M.G. reference Manual makes no reference to insects as causes for catfacing, It does say Anything that can do damage or impede the development of the blossom,and sums the topic up with : Catfaced tomatoes are generally misshapen, with enlarged scars and holes in the blossom end of the fruit. Elongated scars appear in kidney-shaped fruit and can be distorted into other shapes. Mostly large-fruited varieties are affected by this problem. Cold weather, pruning and high nitrogen have all been identified as factors contributing to catfacing. I am constantly checking my plants for any type of insects and have seen none of the above mentioned; However, I will keep a vigilent eye. I suppose any damage to the new formed blossom from these insects would fall into the Any damage catagory. Seeded: 170.215.46.37 pagarden Dream Gardener Member # 2799 posted                       thanks guys. i am prettu sure it woul dhave to be the weather temp. i haven't seen too many bugs on my maters at all. flies, occasional bees and that's about it. even the few japanese bettles i've seen seem to prefer the other plants. anyhow, i guess cutting them off would be better cause then they would use their energy to make the new fruits and ripen them insteaad of the ugly splitted ones! Plants: 362 | From: NE PA | Registered: Jun 2004  |  Seeded: 172.209.20.141

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