Weird, large, dry patch on new snake plant. Should I be concerned?

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cthiess1 Athens, OH Nov 07, 2020

I just got a large snake plant off of Facebook marketplace, and the largest stalk (Is this the right word to use?) has a large dry patch right at the bottom (photos below). The texture is dry, wrinkly, and firm. Not mushy at all. No evidence of bugs that I can see. I was considering cutting the stalk off above the patch and trying to propagate it, but I know that can take a long time with snake plants. I'd like to avoid that if the patch is just evidence of past damage.

Any ideas on what this might be and what I should do? Any and all help is much appreciated!

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hcmcdole Powder Springs, GA(Zone 7b) Nov 08, 2020

Definitely dead tissue. Maybe sun burn? Cut it to the ground if you find it objectionable and do as you said - cut the dead tissue off, let the healthy top callus over a few days and then propagate it. They aren't that difficult to do.

Here are a few I grew in a trash can (yep with several inches of water when we got lots of rain to nothing when I tipped it over to get rid of mosquito larvae).

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