1. How do you keep birds from eating the blackberries before they are ripe enough to harvest? We tried netting on another one of our plants, but a bird got caught in the netting and died so we don't want a repeat of that. If netting is the answer, is there a way to place it to prevent death/injury to birds?
2. This may be a stupid question but it's not obvious to me if the problem of blackberries and tomatoes transmitting disease results from sharing common ground or can be airborne. We have cherry tomatoes and blackberries planted in pots. Should the containers be placed far from each other or is this problem only if they are planted in the soil together?
Two questions:
1. How do you keep birds from eating the blackberries before they are ripe enough to harvest? We tried netting on another one of our plants, but a bird got caught in the netting and died so we don't want a repeat of that. If netting is the answer, is there a way to place it to prevent death/injury to birds?
2. This may be a stupid question but it's not obvious to me if the problem of blackberries and tomatoes transmitting disease results from sharing common ground or can be airborne. We have cherry tomatoes and blackberries planted in pots. Should the containers be placed far from each other or is this problem only if they are planted in the soil together?
Thank you.