Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Side splits and cracking up are best associated with a great joke. When side splits and cracking enter a tomato conversation, ...

There's nothing more frustrating than watching your carefully tended tomatoes develop ugly cracks just as they're reaching peak ripeness. Split tomatoes might look ruined, but they're usually still ...

This spring, I planted my first vegetable garden and filled it with tomato, cucumber, and pepper plants. At the time, it felt a bit ambitious (I’m a new homeowner who has never had my own growing ...

After tending to your tomato plants for weeks, cracks are a common but frustrating sight. Split tomatoes are generally safe to eat, but the exposed flesh does shorten their shelf life since they are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cherry tomatoes split on the vine - Steven Giles/Shutterstock There's a certain joy when it comes to growing your own foods — the ...

Gardeners might notice that their tomatoes are cracking or splitting now. “This is a common problem when there are widely varying soil moisture conditions, especially during the hot, dry days of late ...