Thanks everyone! I am very new at this. Trees where planted last year and made it through the winter and they are getting bigger. All survived the winter. Just wanted to make sure that I did not have signs of an early problem. I also used a slow release fertilizer on them a while back. Not even sure I needed to but have read that fruit tree needed something. All are about 6' to 10' tall at this point. Thanks once again!

OK, glad I didn't jump the gun and add vinegar to the watering last night. If you look at the other pictures in the link I provided in my first post http://sdrv.ms/Mr2uR7 you'll see that the blackberry bush is in a container on my balcony so moving it won't be a problem ;) I placed it in the corner of our patio that gets the most sun because I thought the sweetness of the berries was directly related to the amount of sun it gets but I guess the temperatures here in Greece are just too hot for it to be in full sun most of the day. About the type of the blackberry bush. It's not a new hybrid, I can't say exactly what it is, all I know is that it's a start from a bush that was planted in my grandparents backyard at least 50, maybe 60 years ago, maybe longer. Since then, every time we moved my parents always planted a start from it and now I have it here with me in Greece. I did have another question about fertilizer. I think I've gone easy on the guano. I've only added it once and I don't think I added too much. Since you said to go easy on the Guano, are there some side effects of using too much of it? What fertilizer would you recommend? I know that because it is in a container that it should need to be fertilized a little more often than a regular plant since the nutrients basically get washed out the bottom when it's watered. I'd also like to mention that when I planted this in the container I added some of those water crystals to the soil to help in not only retaining the water but in the hopes that it would also help retain some of the nutrients as well. Here is a link that might be useful: more pictures of my blackberry bush

Laura, Oops, the link didn't work and I know I looked at it right before I hit submit and it was there then. Let me try it again and we'll see if it 'stays' where I put it this time. Don't become too discouraged. We still have the rest of June and all of July, August, September and October--and probably November...before the first freeze comes. You still have tons of time to get tomatoes. Y'all still have reasonable temps and heat indexes up there, so tomato set should still occur....unlike here (my time to whine) where I have been driven in from the garden today by a measley old high temp of 90 degrees, but a heat index of 101. One-oh-one. What did we do to deserve that? Texas is getting the rain and we're getting the humidity, and that doesn't help the dry soil at all. I want to trade my weather for somebody else's weather. Your plants ought to correct quickly if it is waterlogging. Dig a trowel down into the soil right between two plants and see if it has that mucky, sour swampy smell of soil that's been wet too long. --If it does, you'll have to wait it out. --If it doesn't, your soil is already drying and your plants probably need a good feeding to boost them. I'd run straight to the store (or the garage or garden shed if you already have some plant food in it) and get them some Miracle Grow for Tomatoes or, even better, one of the Bloom Booster fertilizers like the one MG makes or Super Bloom (my favorite, and my Lowe's here carries it). Feed them to help them recover from the overabundance of rainfall. In this case, because you want a quick boost for them, a synthetic fertilizer is preferred to an organic one because most organic ferts are slow-release, and you need fast-release in this instance. The plants ought to take off and go mad with growth if their problem is a lack of nourishment due to previous waterlogging. Their leaves will untwist and uncurl and return to a healthy green. My plants last year took about a full month to start looking 'right' and growing at a fast rate after the waterlogging began drying out, but they made an amazing comeback and I bet yours will too. If you feed them, and see a general green-up or new growth, but the old growth stays twisty, then let's worry about a virus or something. Right now, though, without seeing your plants and based on your description, I just think they're hungry. It could be the heavy rains washed available nutrients out of the soil or it could be the roots have been clogged with water and couldn't take up nutrients or it could be both. When you feed them, wet down the ground and wet down the foliage so they can maybe absorb some nutrition both ways--via the roots and via the foliage. Don't give up on your tomatoes. Those plants WANT to grow and produce fruit, but the excess moisture has stopped them. All they need, most likely, is a good feeding and several days without rain to allow the soil to dry up and you'll be back on the road to 'happy times' in the tomato patch. Dawn Here is a link that might be useful: TAMU Tomato Problem Solver

i also though of hyper fertilization .... not to mention you planted.. not in spring.. but in mid summer ... many things are planted in spring.. so as to grow a root mass .. to prepare themselves for the heat of summer ... being out of phase to mother nature MIGHT be an issue ... contact your local extension office.. and ask about the local soil ... or have a soil test done ... you seem to have an inclination.. toward thinking plants are children.. and need to be fed ... back in the day.. i harmed more things on this premise.. than i ever did good ... be very careful about this ... i would never fert seedlings.. thru incorporation .. i would watch the plants.. and give them what they need thru observation .... ken