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I have a good crop of tomtoes, but there are slits appearing on the
skins of the fruit, which are getting deeper and they seemed to have
stopped ripening.

Any idea what the cause is, and is is cureable?


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Polly@golly wrote:

I have a good crop of tomtoes, but there are slits appearing on the
skins of the fruit, which are getting deeper and they seemed to have
stopped ripening.

Any idea what the cause is, and is is cureable?

Usually overwatering.

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On 13/09/2025 17:18, Andy Burns wrote:

Polly@golly wrote:

I have a good crop of tomtoes, but there are slits appearing on the
skins of the fruit, which are getting deeper and they seemed to have
stopped ripening.

Any idea what the cause is, and is is cureable?

Usually overwatering.

+1

Curable in what sense? You can't do anything about the split ones, but
just stop watering to stop any more getting split. It won't be too long
before you have to take unripe fruits off the plants anyway, and allow
them to ripen.
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Jeff
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On 13/09/2025 17:39, Jeff Layman wrote:

On 13/09/2025 17:18, Andy Burns wrote:

Polly@golly wrote:

I have a good crop of tomtoes, but there are slits appearing on the
skins of the fruit, which are getting deeper and they seemed to have
stopped ripening.

Any idea what the cause is, and is is cureable?

Usually overwatering.

+1

Curable in what sense? You can't do anything about the split ones, but
just stop watering to stop any more getting split. It won't be too long before you have to take unripe fruits off the plants anyway, and allow
them to ripen.

Thank you, that makes sense. I did not get grow bags this year, just
planted in large pots. The soil kept looking very dry on the top so I
kept watering especially as the water would run straight throught and
out the bottom, but the top remained dry!

Perhaps it is me that need cureing.

Given the coler nights will be picking the tomatoes and bringing indoors
quite soon.
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On 13/09/2025 17:06, Polly@golly wrote:

I have a good crop of tomtoes, but there are slits appearing on the
skins of the fruit, which are getting deeper and they seemed to have
stopped ripening.

Any idea what the cause is, and is is cureable?

We grow ours out on our allotment in the ground and the same thing has happened to them. It's the sudden increase in lots of rain, and the
cooler nights don't help.
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Bob Hobden
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On 13/09/2025 19:39, Polly@golly wrote:

On 13/09/2025 17:39, Jeff Layman wrote:

On 13/09/2025 17:18, Andy Burns wrote:

Polly@golly wrote:

I have a good crop of tomtoes, but there are slits appearing on the
skins of the fruit, which are getting deeper and they seemed to have
stopped ripening.

Any idea what the cause is, and is is cureable?

Usually overwatering.

+1

Curable in what sense? You can't do anything about the split ones, but
just stop watering to stop any more getting split. It won't be too long
before you have to take unripe fruits off the plants anyway, and allow
them to ripen.

Thank you, that makes sense. I did not get grow bags this year, just
planted in large pots. The soil kept looking very dry on the top so I
kept watering especially as the water would run straight throught and
out the bottom, but the top remained dry!

Perhaps with the exception of drought-adapted plants, just about all
would prefer regular watering. With very thirsty plants such as
tomatoes, the best thing is to use deep saucers or trays under the
containers and make sure there's always a few mm of visible water in
them. This helps not only prevent splitting, but with other adverse
conditions such as blossom end rot.

Perhaps it is me that need cureing.

Not of asking questions here, I hope, where the Q & A can be of use to
anyone with similar issues. :-)

Given the coler nights will be picking the tomatoes and bringing indoors quite soon.

Very soon, if last night is anything to go by! It dropped to 5.8-#C here
in south central Hampshire.
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On 14/09/2025 07:47, Bob Hobden wrote:

On 13/09/2025 17:06, Polly@golly wrote:

I have a good crop of tomtoes, but there are slits appearing on the
skins of the fruit, which are getting deeper and they seemed to have
stopped ripening.

Any idea what the cause is, and is is cureable?

We grow ours out on our allotment in the ground and the same thing has happened to them. It's the sudden increase in lots of rain, and the
cooler nights don't help.

I had something similar with cherries. Long hot dry spell when they
should have been swelling and with enough sun to start the ripening,
then some heavy downpours. Within a couple of days the skins split
followed very quickly by rot setting in. I did get a small saucepan full
of semi ripe cherries but not as nice or as big as in previous years.

My lawn also went from a brown dust bowl to green in few days after the
rain.

Where friends live on the Welsh border, and where a lot of rain is
expected, many of their mature trees had falling brown leaves at the
start of August. The local farmer was putting out 'winter' feed for his
sheep because the lack of green grass!
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