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title: "So my alocasia has been struggling in soil so I transferred it to…"
description: "So my alocasia has been struggling in soil so I transferred it to leca to try and save it, should I have let it grow in water first then transferred to leca…"
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author: "Delani"
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# So my alocasia has been struggling in soil so I transferred it to…

_Posted by Delani on 2024-06-14_

So my alocasia has been struggling in soil so I transferred it to leca to try and save it, should I have let it grow in water first then transferred to leca idk please help.

## 7 comments

### max commented on 2024-06-14

i’ve never tried it but i have seen both ways. some people say they need to have water roots before the can go into leca, other people say they can grow them while in leca you just have to keep an eye on the soil roots so they don’t rot

#### Delani replied on 2024-06-14

Okay thank you, what should I do if they do start to rot

#### max replied on 2024-06-15

maybe move them to just water? that would be my though

### Charlie commented on 2024-06-14

What kind of soil we talkin?

#### Delani replied on 2024-06-14

The soil I had it in was a houseplant soil and I mixed it with perlite and orchard bark

#### Charlie replied on 2024-06-14

I have a few Alocasias and I have a mix of leca, tropical plant soil (just the miracle grow mix), perlite, and orchid bark. There’s a few other things… what’s the water and sun schedule like

### Amie206 commented on 2024-06-14

I’ve just done this as well (last weekend). The Leca Queen on YouTube has a TON of info. She also has a Facebook. I’m already thinking of pulling one (that really didn’t have a lot of roots, but the corm looked good). I think I might put in a prop box and try to grow some of the roots in moss first.

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