A couple days ago I noticed a spot on one of the leaves on my snake plant, today I checked it and it was much bigger. What is is? How should I deal with it?

Cut off that top part of that leaf. I doubt it is fungus. Gene

It sure looks like a fungal infection to me. For comparison, scroll down this page and check out some images of Sansevieria leaves with a fungal infection: http://download.springer.com/s...

I'd cut out the infected part of the leaf and discard it and then sprinkle cinnamon on the cut area (cinnamon is a natural fungicide.) The cut leaf won't look so pretty but at least the infection won't spread.

Today I purchased this beautiful plant. Should I cut that part off?

I would return it if you can. There is a fungus Sanseveria can get and it doesn't go away (fungus generally doesn't with plants anyway. You csn prevent a fungus, but it is harder to treat it after the fact).

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If you can't return it go ahead and cut off the leaf. The fungus isn't systemic so it won't spread beyond the currently damaged part.

It's in to large of a pot and I can't tell if there are drainage holes, from the looks of it, I'd plant it in a 4" pot with 50/50 potting soil and perlite.

Hi oddleenuff9, Yes, you can cut off the area that is soft and brown. To keep the fungus from possibly spreading to the rest of the leaf, sprinkle cinnamon on the cut edge. The leaf won't repair itself and will have an uneven edge but cinnamon is a natural fungicide and should prevent further spread to the remainder of the leaf.

My only concern is being a fungus and spreading by spores, there isn't a guarantee the rest of the plant doesn't already have it.