If your not into the coco and really want soil stick a seed in soil but I wouldn't bin this plant the lighter new growth is normal waiting on chlorophyll to fill leaves and turn darker, I would be patient she looks like a really nice plant, remember with coco you need to add everything they need because coco in an inert medium and same as growing hydropics, Calmag is needed more than soil, npk, macros it all needs to be there, normally a coco feed will do the trick to the most point.. Canna have a good 1 it's only 2 bottles all the way threw I also add Calmag and then pk1314 in flower, it's a learning curve but once pinned down it's a game changer.. Good luck..