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title: "Why are my tomatoes splitting? Watering every other day, and about…"
description: "Why are my tomatoes splitting? Watering every other day, and about 50% of them are splitting."
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author: "Rookie grower"
published: "2025-07-09T23:27:05.221343Z"
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# Why are my tomatoes splitting? Watering every other day, and about…

_Posted by Rookie grower on 2025-07-09_

Why are my tomatoes splitting? Watering every other day, and about 50% of them are splitting.

## 7 comments

### HeiHei commented on 2025-07-10

Is it raining often in your area? Once many of my oranges split after a heavy rain.

#### Rookie grower replied on 2025-07-10

Not really, they’re in pots and I water til water starts coming out the drain hole in the bottom every other day. It’s a 3 gallon pot.

### Celesta commented on 2025-07-10

My tomatoes split throughout last season, and it was driving me crazy. I finally found out that tomatoes are very picky with their watering schedule: you have to water them THE SAME TIME every day. Once I put mine on a scheduled drip system instead of watering with the hose at all different times of day, the splitting stopped. Hope this helps :)

#### Rookie grower replied on 2025-07-11

Thank you  
I’ll try that

#### KarynsYumKorner replied on 2025-07-11

So how do we put rain on a schedule?! ☔️

#### Rookie grower replied on 2025-07-11

😬

### Celesta commented on 2025-07-11

Hahahaha fr tho. Where i live, it's only rained once in the last month, and it was very light at that

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