Garden Pests and Diseases: What is destroying my tomato plants?, 1 by NY2CA

NY2CA wrote:
I realize this may be hard to picture and as I didn't have time to photograph it this morning, I have used my considerable artistic talent (ha!!!!) to try to represent what it looks like by using a photo of much nicer and riper tomatoes in container and paint.

Just trying to represent the place where the shredding happened. The little bits on the ground are pieces of shredded stalk. The tops as you can see, and the fruit, are untouched and still tied to their stakes. Now, remember this is happening to container plants up on a third floor deck with no stairs (but tree branches do overhang) and only happening at night.