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Tomatoes Alistair Macdonald 07-26-2008
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Posted by Alistair Macdonald on July 26, 2008, 6:53 am
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 Ailsa Craig and location Kent England.
I have a couple of dozen plants in an outside plot and they are doing very
well. An overflow I planted in a dozen large clay pots. Almost every fruit
is suffering from a split skin. I am obviously doing something wrong. What
is it?
Alistair



Posted by Frank on July 26, 2008, 7:23 am
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 Alistair Macdonald wrote:
> Ailsa Craig and location Kent England.
> I have a couple of dozen plants in an outside plot and they are doing very
> well. An overflow I planted in a dozen large clay pots. Almost every fruit
> is suffering from a split skin. I am obviously doing something wrong. What
> is it?
> Alistair
>
>
Might be over watering.

Posted by Phisherman on July 26, 2008, 8:14 am
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On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:53:50 +0100, "Alistair Macdonald"

>Ailsa Craig and location Kent England.
>I have a couple of dozen plants in an outside plot and they are doing very
>well. An overflow I planted in a dozen large clay pots. Almost every fruit
>is suffering from a split skin. I am obviously doing something wrong. What
>is it?
>Alistair
>


Uneven watering.

Posted by John McGaw on July 26, 2008, 9:50 am
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Phisherman wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:53:50 +0100, "Alistair Macdonald"
>
>> Ailsa Craig and location Kent England.
>> I have a couple of dozen plants in an outside plot and they are doing very
>> well. An overflow I planted in a dozen large clay pots. Almost every fruit
>> is suffering from a split skin. I am obviously doing something wrong. What
>> is it?
>> Alistair
>>
>
>
> Uneven watering.

Uneven soil moisture is the reason I've always read too. Clay pots would
only exacerbate the problem -- they are great for cacti and other succulent
plants which want to dry out completely between waterings but this would be
the worst possible thing with tomatoes.

--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com

Posted by Chris on July 26, 2008, 10:42 am
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On Jul 26, 6:53 am, "Alistair Macdonald"
> Ailsa Craig and location Kent England.
> I have a couple of dozen plants in an outside plot and they are doing very
> well. An overflow I planted in a dozen large clay pots. Almost every fruit
> is suffering from a split skin. I am obviously doing something wrong. What
> is it?
> Alistair

I have read that an abundance of sun combined with heavy watering will
do that.

Chris

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