kiwi plant is very unhappy

[ulla]

Hia,
my kiwi plant is looking as if it is loosing the last of its three reamining big leaves. I have no idea why, last year it was the happiest and chirpiest plant around and tried to strange everything in its way and exploded with leaves and growth and greenness, and this year it looks as if its dieing!

I had an aphid invasion and moved it to a sunnier spot, and it might have had a slightly dry period over the winter but I haven't seen any aphids trapped in its furryness and I have fertilised it and put it back on the balcony where it was very happy last year. The leaves some brown edges and stuff put its roots look okay.

Please help me with it.
Last year I just used ordinary fertiliser is that okay? Or does it need some special citrus one? Is it sensitive to too much sunshine or does it like it?
And how would it come that this happy, totally undemanding plant is suddenly so horribly close to wither away?

[mrs dog]

Hi there, I have a self set kiwi in a bag of my home made compost (or it was going to be before this arrived!) It seems to like being sheltered and from the sound of it your leaves are shrivelling from the sun. I would plant it good and deep and just water with rain water. I have never fed mine at all and it is about 50ft of fab leaves and furry stems. Hope it recovers soon.