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kell5408
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what causes apples to split

What would cause apples that are still on the tree to split...they have been fine up to now...and the sides of a lot of the apples are splitting??Any ideas??

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Though I haven't heard of apples doing this, a period of drought followed by sudden massive amount of watering (rain or irrigation) causes many fruits to split.

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kell5408
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Thanks...not only did the rain flatten my corn...now my apples too!...junk the forcast is rain over this weekend...what next...lol



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