rhodies & blackberries

I bought a rhodie about a week ago.  I dug a hole in my somewhat heavy clay
soil and tossed the diggings into a wheelbarrow.  I mixed it with a generous
amount of peat moss and a little fertilizer.  I took the rhodie out of the
pot, loosened the rootball and placed it in the hole.  I backfilled with the
amended soil.  I watered well and mulched with cocoa bean hulls.  I continue
to water every day.  It looks bad.  The leaves are all curled in.  Any
ideas?  I don't want to lose the poor thing!

Not exactly shade gardening, but I'm hoping someone will know anyway.  This
is the second year of my thornless blackberries and they are, indeed,
bearing.  I have some questions, though.  They seem to only bear on the ends
of the canes.  Is there some pruning I could do to increase the yield?
They are also sprawling all over the place and I'd like to be able to
contain them better.

Thanks in advance for your help!

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Sheryl Jones
sljones1@facstaff.wisc.edu
Madison WI * Zone 4/5A
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