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title: "Who knows why this plant has that white stuff on it? I got it like…"
description: "Who knows why this plant has that white stuff on it? I got it like this from the store, rinsed it but it doesn’t come off"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/vOLjreBcQ-OpqrHIhVSc4w/kpD75aqMvNBX4gRE5LFhYl"
community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "Vladdie"
published: "2025-01-14T03:31:37.159743Z"
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# Who knows why this plant has that white stuff on it? I got it like…

_Posted by Vladdie on 2025-01-14_

Who knows why this plant has that white stuff on it? I got it like this from the store, rinsed it but it doesn’t come off

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## 12 comments

### Autumn commented on 2025-01-14

uhh it looks fine to me. also, it needs water.

### Adrian commented on 2025-01-14

It’s possible that the leaves got wet and sunburnt, or somehow got in contact with some paint. I have yet to see a fungal or pest problem that looks like that, but if you want to err or the side of caution or just really hate the look of that leaf, you can carefully pluck it off and trim it off. It’ll allow the plant to focus more on new growth. Hope this helps! Your gasteria otherwise looks just fine!

#### Vladdie replied on 2025-01-14

Thanks! That’s quite helpful. I’ll monitor it and maybe get rid of the leaf it it gets any worse

### Stephanie commented on 2025-01-16

I gave several of these and that is what it is suppose to look like. It looks great but does look like it should be watered

#### Stephanie replied on 2025-01-16

I have several. Lol not gave

#### Vladdie replied on 2025-01-16

Thanks Stephanie!

#### Stephanie replied on 2025-01-16

You bet. Good luck

### Bob the cactus nerd commented on 2025-01-17

Looks fine, just an interesting plant… although if there’s white powder, that’ll be a mildew case.

#### Vladdie replied on 2025-01-17

Hmmm thanks for the insight

#### Vladdie replied on 2025-01-17

ChatGPT says it might also be fertilizer residue 🤔

#### Bob the cactus nerd replied on 2025-01-17

Reasonable- maybe apply the fertiliser onto the soil more???

#### Vladdie replied on 2025-01-18

It was like that when I bought it and haven’t fertilized since, but yeah I’d do that

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