For what reasons do your tomatoes crack?

This article will focus on a fairly common problem - tomato cracking. Of course, this is not the main problem, but all the same, many owners of personal plots face it.

We are not talking about any disease, because the unpleasant moments brought by cracking lie in the impossibility of its long-term storage and use for whole blanks.

Other unpleasant moments are: unaesthetic appearance, short shelf life, and also the fact that that cracks are an accumulation of bacteria, viruses that can cause a wide variety diseases.

In addition, cracked tomatoes attract insects that love them very much.

It should be noted that there are old varieties of large tomatoes that cannot be grown without cracking.
From such varieties, known since the days of the USSR, large-fruited early tomatoes have survived to our time.

Late varieties are less prone to cracking. Tomato varieties with delicate skin are more prone to cracking than varieties with coarser skin, which are characterized by a large amount of pectin particles in the fruit.

Reasons for cracking tomatoes:

Many bloggers on the Internet believe that tomatoes crack for only one reason, this is a slowdown in development due to a lack of moisture, and then a sudden resumption of watering.

In this situation, the rough skin of tomatoes is difficult to stretch or does not have enough time to reach the required size.

At that time, the pulp inside increases in size, which leads to cracking of the tomato. It has radial cracks. Drip irrigation is an acceptable solution to the problem of cracking tomatoes.

Incorrect fertilization applied to the soil on which tomato bushes grow. In this case, cracking is called concentric.

The reasons for the cracking of tomatoes in this case are:
Excessive application of fertilizers containing nitrogen.
Excess potash, which makes it difficult for the crop to absorb calcium.

Lack of boron. This is in many cases manifested in large-fruited varieties.

The deepest cracks are typical for all cases.
Mesh is another reason. Cracks in this case are not very deep, disappear over time and do not have a tangible negative effect.

The reason for their occurrence is the characteristics of the variety.
Stress is one of the causes of cracking. It can be caused by excessive removal of leaves or stepchildren.

Cracking can also be caused by a widespread method of preventing late blight - piercing the trunk using copper wire.

Do not forget about fungal diseases, especially about "Alternaria", which is popularly called dry spot.

In this case, spots similar to cracking of fruits appear on some types of tomatoes.

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