This spring, I planted my first vegetable garden and filled it with tomato, cucumber, and pepper plants. At the time, it felt a bit ambitious (I’m a new homeowner who has never had my own growing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lyubov Kulikova / Getty Images After tending to your tomato plants for weeks, cracks are a common but frustrating sight. Split ...

It depends on how much of the flesh is exposed. It can be extremely disappointing to head out to your garden, only to see that the juicy tomatoes you've been growing all season seem to be cracked.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gheorhge / Getty Images Tomatoes typically split due to sudden changes in watering, especially after a dry spell followed by heavy ...