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I grew my avocado plant from seed this spring. It’s been doing amazing, I water it every 5 days or so, and it sits directly in the sun. I live in Canada and now our winter is hitting my avocado pretty hard.

I use the planta app which is telling me I should only water every 2 weeks in my climate. The leaves are starting to turn brown, curl up, and are very dry. The top layer of my soil is also quite dry however, every time I add a little water it seems to only make it worse.

Is this a sunlight/ heat problem or over/under watering? I keep it on my window ledge during the day (has the most sun exposure) and then move it aside at night so it isn’t as cold.

I’ve attached photos for reference, any help would be great

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As you can see the leaves are curling and burnt. Has turned this way within the last 3 weeks- month.

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Rohit Gupta
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I see a potential culprit in the second photo. That heat vent is maybe a problem. Many plants do not tolerate being near them. The hot warm air dries them out. Lots of plants will shrivel to nothing in just a few days of being by a heat vent. Others will get stressed and wind up with white fly or fungus or brown spots on their leaves etc. My hibiscus hates heat vents.

You can try a few things. Find a place away from the heat vent. Or put a re-director over the vent so the air flow goes along the floor away from the plant. Or put some kind of wind-break barrier between the plant and the vent so the air flow does not hit the plant.

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