I have dark colored worms or caterpillars eating my ripe tomatoes. They eat into

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sounds like tomatoe horn worms....................take off the effected tomato and plastic bag and trash it in a double bag...............after the sun goes down mix up 1 teasp of liquid hand soap and 1 qt water and spray...........spray again when it rains..............you could put some course sand around the base of the tomatoe plant.

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