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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 5, 2012 18:45:17 GMT -5
I just went to pick a few tomatoes and every ripe tomato had a split in it. Whats up with that?  |
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Post by js2397 on Aug 5, 2012 22:02:53 GMT -5
The rain will make them crack when it happems late in the ripening process.
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Post by esshup on Aug 6, 2012 0:16:57 GMT -5
Not rain in particular, it's uneven watering that does it. The tomatoes got more water with the rain than what you have been watering them and they sucked it up, splitting the skin.
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Post by duff on Aug 6, 2012 4:58:53 GMT -5
Yea what they said! I had some of that and at first it was blossom end rot but both have cleared up.
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Post by drs on Aug 6, 2012 5:00:54 GMT -5
The nights are too warm. What you need to do, Woody, is to pick them when they are just starting to ripen, set them inside your home on newspaper, upside down, then they will rippen slowly without the crack.
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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 6, 2012 7:51:50 GMT -5
You mean that dang rain we finally got ruined my tomatoes?  |
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Post by drs on Aug 6, 2012 7:59:08 GMT -5
You mean that dang rain we finally got ruined my tomatoes? Nope, The night time temps. is what caused them to split. Don't know if you remember a Garden Writer for the Evansville paper, the late Fred Sievers, whom I knew very well, told me the night time temps need to be around 65 to 70 degrees F. not 80 Degrees. |
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Post by steiny on Aug 6, 2012 8:50:58 GMT -5
Yep, lots of garden problems this year due to uneven watering during these drought conditions.
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Post by kevin1 on Aug 6, 2012 9:11:44 GMT -5
Yep, lots of garden problems this year due to uneven watering during these drought conditions. Exactly why I have mine on a weeping hose and timer, activate it before I leave for work and the toms always have the same amount of water. I also mulch and use polymer crystals just in case, had only one crack all season. Giving the young plants a "Tums milkshake" totally prevented the blossom end rot that's plagued me so many times before. |
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Post by windingwinds on Aug 6, 2012 11:04:05 GMT -5
I wondered why all the Cherry Tomatoes split like that.............oh well yummy anyways.
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Post by tenring on Aug 6, 2012 13:35:35 GMT -5
"Tums milkshake" ?
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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 6, 2012 14:25:02 GMT -5
I don't know David...
What is the difference in overnight temperatures and day time temperatures as it effects tomatoes?
My tomatoes just started splitting this last week after we received more rain in that week than we have in the last two months total. Overnight temps were pretty cool compared to what we have went through when my tomatoes were not cracking.
I've got go with too much water/rain after not enough water/rain.
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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 6, 2012 14:27:47 GMT -5
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Post by drs on Aug 7, 2012 4:58:58 GMT -5
I don't know David... What is the difference in overnight temperatures and day time temperatures as it effects tomatoes? My tomatoes just started splitting this last week after we received more rain in that week than we have in the last two months total. Overnight temps were pretty cool compared to what we have went through when my tomatoes were not cracking. I've got go with too much water/rain after not enough water/rain. Don't know what your daily or night temps. were up in Newburgh, Woody. This has been a S-T-R-A-N-G-E year for growing anything. The article you posted above, is correct inthat you should pick your tomatoes when they are just getting ripe, and let them continue to rippen indoors where the temp. doesn't fluctuate much & the air indoors, is a bit drier. |
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Post by duff on Aug 7, 2012 19:48:20 GMT -5
It's water related not temp related.
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Post by kevin1 on Aug 7, 2012 20:47:13 GMT -5
Blossom end rot is usually caused by calcium deficiency. I bought a couple of bottles of Tums style antacid tablets at a local Dollar Tree, put them in a gallon of water overnight, then blended them up before pouring the "milkshake" at the bases of the young plants. The calcium carbonate is readily available to them, so they uptake it easily. Voila! No BER this year. |
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Post by ms660 on Aug 8, 2012 0:08:03 GMT -5
Blossom end rot is usually caused by calcium deficiency. I bought a couple of bottles of Tums style antacid tablets at a local Dollar Tree, put them in a gallon of water overnight, then blended them up before pouring the "milkshake" at the bases of the young plants. The calcium carbonate is readily available to them, so they uptake it easily. Voila! No BER this year. A couple table spoon full of epsom salts dissolved in a gallon of water poured on your plants will help prevent BER also |
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Post by duff on Aug 8, 2012 4:36:54 GMT -5
Good advice guys. I messed up this year and bought the spray...ended up burning up some plants. I'll go w/one of the suggested techniques to beat the rot.
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Post by drs on Aug 8, 2012 5:02:53 GMT -5
Woody, plant "Brandywine" Tomatoes next Spring. I think you'll find they will grow better for you.
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Post by duff on Aug 9, 2012 4:55:42 GMT -5
I planted a Brandywine and they are truely the best tasting mater I have ever eaten. The only problem is they are not very durable, they bruise really easy.
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