Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plump red tomato growing outside on the vine, with a horizontal crack across the fruit. - Santun Solihin/Shutterstock Whatever ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lyubov Kulikova / Getty Images After tending to your tomato plants for weeks, cracks are a common but frustrating sight. Split ...

There's nothing more rewarding than growing your own fruit and vegetables, which is why it's so frustrating when they don't grow as they're supposed to. If you've ever harvested your own tomatoes, you ...

Seeing a cracked tomato after weeks of waiting for a perfectly ripe one is one of gardening's biggest letdowns. One day the fruit looks great, and the next, its skin has suddenly split or it has rings ...

Tomatoes often split after a big rain, just as you are ready to harvest. You've watched your tomato plants grow and blossom. Nurtured the little green balls into plump, juicy fruits. And as you reach ...

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 ...