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title: "Just lucked out and found this beauty at my local grocery store for…"
description: "Just lucked out and found this beauty at my local grocery store for $15! Here’s my dilemma, should I transfer straight to LECA, or leave her alone for now?…"
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community: "Hydroponics & Semi-hydroponics"
author: "Houseplant Heretic"
published: "2023-08-06T20:03:38.832Z"
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# Just lucked out and found this beauty at my local grocery store for…

_Posted by Houseplant Heretic on 2023-08-06_

Just lucked out and found this beauty at my local grocery store for $15! Here’s my dilemma, should I transfer straight to LECA, or leave her alone for now? I’ve successfully transferred my other Alocasia (Nebula and Maharani), but lost most of the original leaves in the process, which I wouldn’t normally mind…but man I hate to lose this variegated beauty, especially not knowing if I’ll get another…. On the other hand, I don’t have any soil plants indoors, and with this coming from a big chain store, there’s no telling what might be going on under the surface (pests, rot, etc.). What would you do?

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## 5 comments

### Anya commented on 2023-08-06

So lucky 😱

#### Anya replied on 2023-08-06

And the pink tooo wow

### GreenLeaf commented on 2023-08-06

Repot. It would suck to lose that beautiful leaf, but I would be more sad if I lost the whole plant. That’s just my 2 cents though…do what you are comfortable with!

#### Houseplant Heretic replied on 2023-08-06

I kinda feel the same. If I had bought it from a local, reputable greenhouse, I would be more tempted to leave it alone for now. Coming from a chain grocery store, and a big commercial grower as well, I’m almost more nervous to leave it as is. Most of these end up with that awful mesh stuff still strangling the roots, too.

### Danika commented on 2023-08-08

Yeah the dilemma is real. I struggle with when to transition to Pon every single time. I agree with all above, and another thought… if you did wait for it to acclimate/settle into its new environment, and it started to be happy enough to grow a new leaf, then you repot, you could loose even more leaves by waiting. I vote cut your losses and do it now in this case. Even though i’d usually say give it a week or two.

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