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Re: tomato cracks, bitter cucumbers

At 04:17 PM 8/5/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi - I just harvested my first tomatoes and cucmbers - my tomatoes have
>huge cracks - fissures - virtual canyons in them - am i doing something
>wrong?

Caused by a lack of water, followed by too much all at once. The inside of
the tomato outgrows its skin.

>        also my first cucumber was intensly bitter - did i harvest too
>early - it was several inches long - also im in philadelphia (rooftop

Lack of water can cause bitter cukes.

>garden, squarefoot is really handy for conserving space) i dont know what
>zone im in but i just planted basil and bush bean from seed 2 weeks ago
>(filling in empty squares from harvested lettuce and broccoli) - is this
>wishful thinking, is it too late in the season for basil or beans from seed

You can probably get one more crop of bush beans.

>in
>philly? thanks alot for any help, Mark Gibson

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