There is a scar mark on some of the tomatoes growing at home as if someone had sliced them and stuck them together again....The tell-tale line in between is the one I cannot explain.
That's a serious case of "cat facing". See my post above (23/8/14) for an explanation. It doesn't affect the taste of the tomato overall but, when you cut it open, you'll find a line of fibrous flesh (on the skin and just below the surface) following the line of the "join". Just cut it out and the rest of the tomato will be fine.
Which split, Lyn? Splitting in general? Splitting is usually caused by sudden excesses of moisture, either by watering or sudden downpours. The sudden addition of moisture causes the flesh to swell and the skin, unprepared, stretches until it splits.
There are also some varieties that are prone to cracking, a different thing to splitting. This is cracking:
It's genetic. If the cracks are allowed to widen too much, you end up with the same problem as splitting - infection.
Mine is a roof top garden and in pots This is my first year to grow tomatoes in pots.The flowers about 60% turned yellow and dried up and leaves wilted. In the pots ,however, natural shaped tomatoes also with healthy leaves were there.(all from single packet of seeds)
Against "catfacing"? No, there's nothing you can do except perhaps plant a bit later in the season. It's the result of lower temperatures during pollination and when the fruit is setting. The larger varieties are more prone to the uglier versions of catfacing, probably because there is a larger area capable of distorting. It doesn't affect the flavour of the tomato, you just cut away the fibrous tissue around the edge of the affected parts.
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Many thanks for all your comments, advice etc.
The Costoluto Fiorentino in the picture are all joined together, not easy to slice! I am looking forward to their maturing to enable a taste.
A few of the Marzano have mutured o.k, one, so far, has been rotten on the inside.
Best wishes and thanks.
This is a rather naughty looking Costoluto Genovese picked today.
Would probably go well with the "Willy Chilis" in one of the the chili threads!
There is a scar mark on some of the tomatoes growing at home as if someone had sliced them and stuck them together again....The tell-tale line in between is the one I cannot explain.
That's a serious case of "cat facing". See my post above (23/8/14) for an explanation. It doesn't affect the taste of the tomato overall but, when you cut it open, you'll find a line of fibrous flesh (on the skin and just below the surface) following the line of the "join". Just cut it out and the rest of the tomato will be fine.
Italophile , is that caused by irregular watering, the split, I mean not cat face. They take in the water too quickly and split the skins?
Which split, Lyn? Splitting in general? Splitting is usually caused by sudden excesses of moisture, either by watering or sudden downpours. The sudden addition of moisture causes the flesh to swell and the skin, unprepared, stretches until it splits.
There are also some varieties that are prone to cracking, a different thing to splitting. This is cracking:
It's genetic. If the cracks are allowed to widen too much, you end up with the same problem as splitting - infection.
Mine is a roof top garden and in pots This is my first year to grow tomatoes in pots.The flowers about 60% turned yellow and dried up and leaves wilted. In the pots ,however, natural shaped tomatoes also with healthy leaves were there.(all from single packet of seeds)
That's serious "cat facing" on the tom on the left, a mild case on the one in the middle.
Flowers will dry up and die off in very hot weather. Leaves will wilt as well.
any remedy? so that I take care next year.
Against "catfacing"? No, there's nothing you can do except perhaps plant a bit later in the season. It's the result of lower temperatures during pollination and when the fruit is setting. The larger varieties are more prone to the uglier versions of catfacing, probably because there is a larger area capable of distorting. It doesn't affect the flavour of the tomato, you just cut away the fibrous tissue around the edge of the affected parts.