How do I plant a blackberry tree?
Blackberries are pretty undemanding. Make sure you plant it near a sunny fence or a wall as it will need to be supported — it is not a tree so much as a creeping vine. Dig s hole bigger than the root, drop it in, fill the hole and make sure the plant is buried no deeper than the soil line on the plant. Water it in. Blackberries fruit on the wood that grew the previous summer, so you want to see lots of good growth this year to get fruit next year. Once it has fruited next year, cut the year-old stems to the ground to encourage new growth. Blackberries have an interesting habit of dipping the tips of their stems into the ground and creating new plants, so you will soon have many new plants.
