Need help tomato splitting problem.

[Randy]

Will do thanks for the help.

[Beef Master]

its just a crack proble not the first one you ever ate

[Tubby]

A little on the ugly side, but they're fine. I lose a lot of my tomatoes to birds. Mainly a darn Mockingbird. I catch him eating and he flies off and taunts me from a nearby tree limb.

Let the grass and weeds grow up around your tomato plants to help "hide" the tomatoes. Back when my dad had his gardens, he would keep his tomatoes nice and manicured but always had the problem with birds. The next year, he let the weeds "hair over" and didn't have near the bird problems as previous years. Yes, it looks unsightly but works.

[Texasm1976]

Too much water but they will be fine. Lucky you, my tomato garden(47 plants) have been growing awesome but have lately been destroyed by worms. Never had this problem. I am not a happy camper.

Have you tried that liquid seven for
Bugs? It works awesome.

[M-2]

A little on the ugly side, but they're fine. I lose a lot of my tomatoes to birds. Mainly a darn Mockingbird. I catch him eating and he flies off and taunts me from a nearby tree limb.

I only have two plants in my backyard self-watering container.

http://www.gardeners.com/Tomato-Success-Kits/40-169VS,default,pd.html

But I have ALWAYS had a mockingbird get the first one of the year!
I finally wised up and bought some bird netting.
Last year, I forgot and lost the first tomato AGAIN.
This year I got the netting out, went to the grocery store intending to put it on as soon as I returned. I was gone about 45 minutes.
Sure enough the bird had EATEN my first ripening tomato and it was FINE when I left (I checked it just as I was leaving!).
I swear, mockingbirds KNOW stuff....
I still love mockingbirds, though...they are feisty!

[dragonsdaddy]

Have you tried that liquid seven for
Bugs? It works awesome.

especially if you aren't planning on eating them. that stuff will kill you, just like it does the bugs.

water only when the plant tells you it needs water. you can train plants to need to be watered often by watering daily when young. next year only water when the plant stays wilted after dark. this goes for the whole garden. it is normal for garden plants to look wilted during the heat of the day. it is not normal to get watered shallowly every other day. by withholding water, the plants will send their roots deeper and be prepared to survive the hot dry summer.

i wish my problems were as shallow as cracked maters.

http://s1123.photobucket.com/albums/l546/dragonsdaddy53/plague%202012/

[RiverRat1]

Let the grass and weeds grow up around your tomato plants to help "hide" the tomatoes. Back when my dad had his gardens, he would keep his tomatoes nice and manicured but always had the problem with birds. The next year, he let the weeds "hair over" and didn't have near the bird problems as previous years. Yes, it looks unsightly but works.

Hang a couple old CDs using mono fishing line over the garden. The light reflections keep birds away. Works great.

[scotty]

Hang a couple old CDs using mono fishing line over the garden. The light reflections keep birds away. Works great.

Hmm...I think I'll try that tomorrow. I'll borrow some of my son's CD's.

[Tubby]

Hmm...I think I'll try that tomorrow. I'll borrow some of my son's CD's.

Aluminum pie pans work as well. Hang 2 of them but one lower than the other so they can ping and clang against each other.

[100%TtId]

Cracks in tomatoes are usually uneven watering as mentioned above.

My tomato plants seem to be a magnet for tomato horn worms. I found out that they glow slightly under fluorescent light, so I go out at night with a flo bulb in a handheld lamp and shine around the plant and pick off the worms.

[Sparkles]

They are better boy's

I am doim better boys this yr for the first time in 3 yrs. My first batch started to crack and I reduced overall water intake but water more often. I use a watering can and water each plant one gallon every other day and have had one split since.

[Bowtechlady]

Hang a couple old CDs using mono fishing line over the garden. The light reflections keep birds away. Works great.

Didn't work for us!!!! Darn birds are eating my tomatoes as soon as they start turning red

[dragonsdaddy]

Didn't work for us!!!! Darn birds are eating my tomatoes as soon as they start turning red

i wouldn't suggest trying my method to keep birds off, but i haven't had a single peck yet. the birds are too fat to fly up into the cages.