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Well, in their defense... Yesterday the HVAC guy ran into much bigger problems than he expected so he was at my house longer than they scheduled. BUT he called in to base and reported it so that they could make arrangements with the next person on his list. I guess I'm lucky that he was delayed at my house and not on the way to it AND that this business respects their clients enough to make the tough call to say we're running behind or can't get there. In this day & age of everybody and their mother (or their 5 year old) having a cell phone, there is no excuse for not calling you to report the delay or reschedule. Why would they want to show up at the next job with the homeowner already annoyed with them? We all can understand problems develop but there's no excuse not to call & tell you that. I guess if they're the only game in town they feel they can be rude but it's really basic human decency, along with good business practice, to do what you can to keep the other person informed and prepared. That guy has some bad Karma coming his way.

I thought I had seen another post. I guess I'll just have to see if the kiwi will pull through. Good thing I have a few leaves propagating.

Well, it´s dead. But some plants in the same container seem to be doing OK, which have obviously had the same conditions. We can only really guess at the reason, could even be some obscure infection, or no real reason at all, but like other folks say, your soil does look a bit suspect. There are as many favourite soil mixes as there are growers, and I have now firmly settled on a well-draining gritty mix with a good proportion of limestone for my desert cacti, with just a little organic material. I totally avoid soggy peat, which means any commercial ´cactus mix´, as they are invariably full of peat or even worse - ´forest product´- read sawdust. A gritty mix in unglazed terra cotta pots will set you up. Err on the dry side rather than overwater - it is quite difficult to kill a cactus through underwatering. They are succulents - they will store water when it rains heavily, then be well able to survive drought conditions for weeks or even months.