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purple cherokee & black krim cracked before ripe

Posted by tumblingtomatoes fl (My Page) on
Fri, Oct 31, 08 at 12:41

Hi, first yr gardening (Florida), have some tomato plants some doing very well, peacevine cherry ripening slowly but surely, tasty, yellow pear looks good soo far I think, EPB good, but have a purple cherokee & a black krim, both have grown several tomatoes, they are about size of tennis balls & over the past few days have cracked open where the fruit meets the stem. Any one tell me what causes this? Thanks very much!

Oh, We did have a few days of very cool temps, I covered them as best as I could, the plants all look fine otherwise.


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RE: purple cherokee & black krim cracked before ripe

Both Cherokee Purple and Black Krim have been known to have cracks near the stems. It isn't a problem unless the cracks open up and never dry out. Uneven watering and big temperature swings can also aggravate the cracking issues.

Ted


 
 

 

 


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