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 ...

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 ...