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title: "Bought this White Princess at Trader Joe's last week & she's adapting…"
description: "Bought this White Princess at Trader Joe's last week & she's adapting well to the strat/perl repot. However she has this large fragile leaf that I'm not sure…"
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author: "BlondeinBrooklyn"
published: "2025-07-06T14:36:27.504143Z"
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# Bought this White Princess at Trader Joe's last week \& she's adapting…

_Posted by BlondeinBrooklyn on 2025-07-06_

Bought this White Princess at Trader Joe's last week \& she's adapting well to the strat/perl repot.

However she has this large fragile leaf that I'm not sure will strengthen \& is overshadowing others below it.

Wait or cut?

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## 5 comments

### happysoxdonkey commented on 2025-07-06

I don’t know if this is the correct answer but I would cut it off since it’s just one.

### Springvision commented on 2025-07-06

Personally, I would give it a minute to see if it hardens off.

### Sharon commented on 2025-07-06

Give it a little time to see if it bounces back. I had the same thing happen to one of my plants, and with some TLC, she eventually started showing signs of improvement.

### Alocasia addict commented on 2025-07-06

Looks to me like it’s just the newest leaf and needs time to harden.

### AlyssaMonkey commented on 2025-07-07

Put a little fan on it! Stems strengthen when they need to, blowing around in the wind will let it know that it needs to build those muscles up to keep itself steady.

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