Baja_Costero said:You can chop off the leaf if you want. I have never done this to a Gasteria. Usually if there's some kind of damage (like one of those black spots I mentioned) then I just let the plant outgrow it. The lower leaves will eventually dry up and die over the life of the plant, and maybe when repotting I would attend to that.
Speaking of which, you have a whole lot of plant for the size of the pot... maybe thin out the clump (the individual plants are usually not that hard to separate once you get them out of the pot) or move it to a bigger pot. When I grow these plants I typically let them clump away for a while, then every year or two separate and remove the smaller plants, leaving the larger one to keep growing. When potbound plants start dying back on the lower leaves, it's often a sign that tells you they are outgrowing the space they're in. Or maybe it's just a part of advancing age.
Your plant looks quite healthy to me. I would not be at all concerned based on that picture.
Thanks again!
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