Why Tomatoes Crack
WHY TOMATOES ARE TERMINATED?
Summer residents often complain that ugly cracks appear on large and beautiful tomatoes. The main causes of this phenomenon - improper irrigation, serious fluctuations in air temperature, a sharp removal of a large number of leaves.
Fractured fruits become especially sensitive to diseases and damage by insects, they become a source of infection for other tomatoes, so they should be immediately removed from the bush. And to keep the rest of the harvest, strictly follow the following rules.
Watering on a schedule During the flowering and tying fruit, water the bushes of tomatoes once a week. For each plant, pour out 5 l of warm water.
When the tomatoes begin to ripen, reduce the number of waterings to 1 times in 10 days. The water flow is the same.
EXPRESS COUNCIL OF JOSEPH VOYTUK, G. KAZAN:
To prevent the tomatoes from cracking, in August every 2 a week, I dissolve 10 g of ammonium sulfate and 5 g of superphosphate and potassium sulfate, I pour for each tomato bush in approximately 2,5 l solution.
"Blanket" for beds
To moisture evaporated more slowly, and the roots of tomatoes did not suffer from sudden temperature changes, cover a bed of mulch (straw, rotted sawdust, mown grass). In the heat and windless weather from the sunny side, throw spunbond on the greenhouse or plant the plants in a different way. Open all doors and windows in the construction so that the tomatoes are well ventilated.
The right menu for tomatoes Both a lack and an overabundance of nutrients can cause cracks in tomatoes. During the filling and ripening of fruits, it is better to abandon nitrogen fertilizers. Instead of them, once in 10-14 days, apply after irrigation for each shrub on 0,5-0,7 l of one of the following solutions:
- 20-30 g of calcium or potassium nitrate on 10 l of water;
- 30-35 g of potassium monophosphate or 20-25 g of magnesium sulfate per bucket of water.
Reference by topic: How to prevent carrots and cabbage from cracking and rotting potatoes
TOMATOES CRACK - REASONS AND WHAT TO DO: VIDEO
© Author: Ioannina GORBATENKO, agronomist-chemist
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If tomatoes crack
If cracks appear on barely pinked large tomatoes, most likely you haven't watered the plants for several days, and then watered them too abundantly.
The second reason is a violation of the diet. If, for example, a large amount of fertilizer (mineral or organic) has been applied as top dressing. Therefore, during the period of fruit growth, it is better to underfeed the plants than overfeed.
In addition, the fruit can crack if a large number of leaves and stepchildren are removed at a time.
If, in addition to cracks in the fruits, you notice brown spots on the leaves surrounded by a yellow halo, it is most likely that the tomatoes are affected by Alternaria (dry spot). Remove all affected leaves immediately and spray the plants with biofungicide (Fitosporin-M, Trichodermin). The fruits can be plucked 3-4 days after processing.