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transplanted avocado tree dying?

 
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Transplanted this 1 year-old avocado tree last week (and then went on a 5-day vacation) and it's in a horrible condition. I suspect that the soil was too dry, so I watered plenty when I came back from my trip. I haven't seen any improvement in the last 2 days, so maybe I'm just too late, or something else is wrong. Any advice?
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Avacado needs consistent moisture, it will grow back out I'm sure.  Keep soil moist at all times, just not soaking wet. I killed many of them before I got it right.
 
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Yep. Actually, I find that if it's colder than they like, letting them dry out makes them go dormant. Though when it gets warmer, they're water pigs.

I have actually killed avocado trees by overwatering in the winter. Either way, hydroton or other expanded clay product really helps keep a happy medium.

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I have one that I’m trying to grow from seed, but every time it grows a new leave it starts browning at tip, which then travels up the rest of the leaf and kills it. I have no idea why. Tried watering more, tried watering less, tried leaving water for 24 hours to allow chlorine to evaporate, but leaves still always die.
 
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