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I make a spray of 1 Tbs Tabasco sauce and mix it with 24 ounces of water. Spraying twice a week works pretty well. However, I sprayed yesterday and a morning rain has probably washed it all off by now so I'll be spraying again today!

Sounds like two pests: Crawling soil grubs can be stopped from boring by wrapping the tomato stem above & below ground with a paper or foil collar. And caterpillars may hatch into butterflies. There are several suggestions in reply to a recent Question about organic deterrents. I posted this one > Another option might be to plant a garden-border plant from the same plant family that is attracting the caterpillars. That may lure some egg-layers & you can deposit caterpillars you pick. One such combination is tomato plants in the food garden & a nightshade vine on the perimeter - beautiful, with small purple flowers & later, red but poisonous berries. With brassicas, you could plant ornamental cabbages on the perimater ...