Is there anything more frustrating than patiently waiting for tomatoes to ripen, only to find them cracked or split right before they're ready to harvest and enjoy? If you keep finding your beautiful ...

It depends on how much of the flesh is exposed. It can be extremely disappointing to head out to your garden, only to see that the juicy tomatoes you've been growing all season seem to be cracked.

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 ...

Home gardeners face the problem of tomato cracking, or hard cracks on the upper part of the fruit, usually spanning from or around the stem. While the cracks do not necessarily ruin the tomato, they ...

Why do tomatoes crack on the vine? Everyone who gardens has to deal with this inconvenience - why does this happen and can it be prevented? Cracked tomatoes are much more susceptible to disease ...

SEEING RED: The wet season can create all sorts of problems for tomatoes. In this month's "Gardening with Xpress," Chloe Lieberman takes readers through possible remedies. Photo by Lieberman Wow, what ...

Water stress, plant disease, and proximity to walnut trees can all cause tomatoes to wilt. Learn how to manage this common problem. Nothing quite compares to the flavor of a homegrown, vine-ripened ...