Tomato Troubles

Tomatoes split because of inconsistent water application. That might not be your fault but may be it is. When a balloon is blown up it has the ability to stretch around the air inside. Tomatoes have skin that is flexible up to a point but when they get lots of water in a short period of time the skin can only expand so much and once it gets to a certain point it can’t expand as fast as the water is being absorbed by the roots and sent to the fruit and the fruit splits. This happens mostly after periods of heavy rains over a few days or if you traditionally water every other day and begin to water every day. Or instead of watering a little bit when you water you water for longer periods. The fact is the roots and the fruit don’t don’t talk 5o each other and splitting occurs. There is not a gosh darn thing you can do about the rain but perhaps you can keep your eye on how you water things and will eventually work out. Remove the damaged fruit and start again. Good luck!