Why cracked tomatoes, or "Where is thin, there and tear"

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How many surprises presented tomatoes growing in a greenhouse or in a separate ground. Even if the landing gives its fruit and did not get sick phytophthora, the owner of a mini-tomato plantations may be upset cracks.

The broken and the skin is - not just an aesthetic defect. Damage to the fetus is dangerous, like a wound in the human skin. The crack can get the bacteria and fungi that cause plant diseases. "Entrance gate" greatly facilitate pathogens do their dirty work.

Why do tomatoes crack

Direct reason due to which the tomato breaks, - a moisture imbalance. Due to errors in the care of the water enters the fruit not gradually, but rapidly and in large quantities. Peel can not withstand the pressure and gives a crack.

Elevated temperatures, in turn, contributes. Due to the intense heat the fruit ceases to properly grow in size. But left in the bush, he continues to mutate. Including rind becomes hard and at one point, losing the plastic properties, gives a crack.

And now let's see what kind of mistakes in the care result in unpleasant skin damage tomato, and what to do, caring ovoschevodu to rectify the situation and forget about the problem!

The heat - it's not always good

Gardeners tend to think that the tomato - the culture of thermophilic. This is true, but there are limits. Including regards to temperature. At risk tomatoes growing in regions with hot summers. Yes, somewhere in Russia, these have (middle band is now a sigh).

The optimum temperature for the full development of tomatoes - about 25 ° C, maximum 30 ° C.

On hot days the thermometer in the greenhouse can rise to 40 ° C and even higher. Because of what bush lightning starts to evaporate moisture, and growth stops and fruit peels strongly coarsens. As a result - the cracks.

Therefore, in the heat ovoschevodu recommended to regularly ventilate the greenhouse in order to somehow reduce the air temperature in the shelter, and pay attention to the correct watering. About it - below.

hobby pasynkovanie

Pasynkovanie - farming techniques to improve the quality and quantity of tomato crop. But if too carried away, the fruit may begin to crack.

This occurs when the plant is rapidly losing much of the green mass. Tomato can not normally evaporate moisture as before. Result natural: excess water is poured into the fruit, increasing their size, and the skin does not have time to stretch. Therefore, it is necessary to pinch the tomatoes on the proven pattern and preferably gradually.

The most important thing - watering!

The main reason for cracking of tomatoes, as you have already learned in the beginning of the publication, - an imbalance of moisture. This means that watering may improve the situation, to minimize its impact, and it is possible to make the peel to burst, even when everything is normal.

There are 2 options when watering leads to cracks:

• He is too abundant. The bush does not have time to evaporate excess moisture, it enters and inflates the fruits of tomato inside unhappy.
• The alternation of dry and rarely abundant watering. The fruit is compressed and then expanded dramatically. The result is evident.

Therefore try uniformly watered tomatoes, focusing on the state of soil air temperature. The higher it is, the more often it is necessary to take up the watering can. I hope that you were able to analyze your care tomatoes and find a moment where blundered. I wish you all a pleasant experience in the country and enviable tomato crops! It was interesting? Do not forget to put a "Thumbs up" and subscribe to the channel 💝