Bitter apple (available in all pet stores) keeps rabbits away from my plants but you have to reapply it every 4-5 days

Before making a vegatable garden, I grew peppers on containers on my deck. I had problems with rabbits eating them, and chipmunks digging in the pots. I fabricated some cylindrical shaped fences to slip over the containers, and it worked like a charm. Note though, that you need bees and insects to pollinate, so once you hit flowering, a more open design is beneficial, something wide enough to allow the bees to easily drop in, do their thing, and get out. I find that if you can't elevate your pots out of harms way, that fencing is the only surefire remedy. I'm no tomato expert, so I can't help on that one.

Joe

You might try spreading a circle of lime around the base of the plants and pots. Rabbits and other critters eat using their paws and they don't like tasting the lime.