Blackberry, how to properly care for the berries

 Before thinking about planting a blackberry, it is important to choose plants that fruit. In addition, there are some general recommendations that emerged over the years. Blackberries in bloom beautifully, beautiful white flowers begin to bloom fruit from June to September. This berry is not just a beautiful and original, but useful. Blackberry bushes can also serve as a hedge.
 To start, determine what kind of blackberry is better to buy and how they differ from each other. I would like to advise, never buy it is not winter-hardy varieties. Blackberry propagation of two kinds: creeping and pryamostoyky. Prostrate after planting will further tie, set of support, as sort of does not allow the stability of the branches.
 When buying seedlings, note the appearance of the plants: the presence of dead branches, leaves - not a positive quality, a blackberry is not worth buying. Blackberries can also be early or late, ripens early in the summer, and late in September.
 Where to plant blackberries? This berry is like the sun, and therefore a place to land should be chosen carefully - there should be plenty of light. Before landing, enjoy a soil - Dig up, fertilize. Soil rich in humus - a pledge of excellent crops.

 How to plant blackberries? Berries are planted in prepared ground in the spring. Often this process takes place in April or May. Purchased plants look again, and get rid of damaged areas, place the plant in water for 12 hours. Planted in holes at the same time, if you want to create a continuous fence, then set down plants no closer than 1.5 - 2 meters from each other. Place the seedling into the hole, sprinkle the ground and lightly tamp. Watering berries do not have a future.
 It should be noted, blackberries, not only unusual in appearance and taste, it blooming as unusual: the first year will not bring fruit, but shoots will appear, as expected. In this case, inspect the blackberries - "bad" shoots better to tear off and re-fertilize the soil, however, like every spring, this should be done.
 When the blackberries will bear delicious berries first for your family - take a look at the structure of clusters: the branches are longer, there are shorter. Those who long to be cut, what would a shorter twigs was space and access to the sun, is the key to a good harvest. Blackberries have always cropped for the sake of a rich fruit-bearing, it just needs to be pruned once a year.
 Carefully inspect regularly all the leaves of blackberry, berry can "hurt" from - for the fungus, for example due to anthracnose. Then, many gardeners formed the opinion that the bush is just not enough moisture, although this is not the case. If damage to the fungus more than 10 percent, the blackberry bush should dig out and burn.
 If winter comes, and is forecast expected a harsh and snowy - should be longer prop up the branches of a peg, and the lower branches dig a little hole in the flat (slightly), these procedures will protect from frost blackberries.