Caterpillars in my Creoles

THURACIDE. Reapply regularly especially if it rains. Also good at preventing caterpillars

Your problem is exactly why I quit growing tomatoes for the spring/summer garden. Between soil borne diseases and fungal issues and the proliferation of pests that love tomatoes, I was throwing far more of them away than actually harvesting them, so I only grow them in the fall months now.

Cooler temperatures means far less bugs and less heat means fewer fungal and bacterial issues.

August. You'll need to plant heat set varieties or heat tolerant varieties.

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What month do you plant fall tomatoes?

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I buy them from a nursery already started so I don't have to deal with starting seeds in August and dealing with the heat with new plants.

I plant in early to mid September and usually can pick tomatoes by the time Thanksgiving is nearing in late November. I'm in N.O. so we don't get many frost nights before that time and the plants do well. Either way it's a win/win for me.

The few times we did get some weather cold enough to kill the plants I just picked off all the green tomatoes and made Salsa Verde with them and used the bigger ones for fried green tomatoes.