>>658396You always have to weigh down dangers like this.
At least in my case the pest infestation was so bad that a root flush was the lesser evil, so you'll have to judge for yourself what is worse.
Also as long as you're very gentle in replanting (holding the naked plant with its roots in one hand, filling up the hole with the other using very fine, completely dry soil - easy to produce with an oven and a sieve, pic related is my "replanting filling substrate" made this way, it's always good to have some of that stuff on backup anyway - maybe get a friend around to assist you) such an action shouldn't pose too much stress to most plants
