Tomato fruit issues, what to look for

As tomatoes ripen, a few odd fruit issues arise. These include growth cracks, zippering, catfacing, yellow shoulders and blotchy ripening. All interesting names but not much fun to encounter on a tomato. Cracks in tomatoes near the stem are growth cracks. These occur when the internal growth of the fruit is faster than the skin growth. It is most often due to wide fluctuations in soil moisture,…