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 ...

Tomatoes typically split due to sudden changes in watering, especially after a dry spell followed by heavy rain or overwatering. Tomatoes with thinner skins, like heirloom varieties, are more ...

And the reason why tomatoes burst. The tomatoes I find at the grocery store and the farmers market always look perfect—they are glossy and blemish-free. That's not always the case for home-grown ...