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NRaleighLiberal

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

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 3, 2012, 07:58 PM

Aug 2012

Pretty complicated - there is concentric cracking, radial cracking - many tomatoes are prone just because of the genetics of a particular variety. Hot weather - uneven watering - all contribute. Doesn't ruin a tomato as long as you get to it before it starts to rot badly around the crack..or the fruit flies find it!

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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