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Re: tomato cracks, bitter cucumbers

The reason for both problems is WATER.  Many varieties of tomatoes crack when
they are unevenly watered. Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes are particuarly
notorious for this. Mulching and watering evenly will help if you can do it.
Personally, I'm a community gardener so I just tolerate the cracks.  The good
news is that they're perfectly edible that way!  If you like small tomatoes
you might want to try a variety called Sweet Chelsea. They're a little larger
than Sweet 100s, but they don't crack and they are delicious.

Cucumbers need TONS of water. They are water based vegetables, and if they
don't get it, they go bitter.  With the semi-drought we've had here in
Northern Va, mine not only went bitter, the vines dried up!  Next year I'm
going to try planting mine in a barrel in my back yard where I can water them
every day!

Lisa
(Whose family is lucky to get any cherry tomatoes as I scarf most of them in
the garden or on my way home from the garden!)
Area 7
(Alexandria,VA)

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