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Tomatoes with splits on the vine

Symptoms

Tomatoes split open while still on the vine. This can lead to secondary infections and the tomatoes often start to rot.

Find it on: tomatoes

Time to act: summer to autumn

Tomato splitting

Fluctuating growth rates cause tomatoes to suddenly expand. This might happen after a period of drought followed by generous watering, or low temperatures followed by a sudden sunny spell. The split might then become infected, causing the tomatoes to rot.

Solution

Organic

Water plants regularly and consistently, so it's not feast then famine for the plants. Ventilate greenhouse tomatoes during very hot spells and provide shading. Promptly pick off any split tomatoes before they start to rot.

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I have had this happen and wondered what it was, so now I know.

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Hi, Up until yesterday I was concerned my tom plants would not come to much and after coming back from a 10 day holiday expecting to see my plants dead I was amazed to see that they had gone mad and flurished so much they have out grown area and are now very crowded. Surprisingly I am getting a good sized fruit, could the over crowding be an issue in the future?? Thanks.

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