So far, I've not seen any of the stinky ,"soft rot", this year....I have more rot that usual (had none last year!), but it's, as Kent says, 'just rot"...winter damage, a failed bloom stalk, an excess of moisture, whatever...but it is manageable ! One thing I have noticed in the 'amended" beds, is the hard, driving rains we had a week or so ago, tended to wash a lot of soil into the center of the plant, and splash "mud" up ,pretty high on the leaves, something I'm dealing with as I pull weeds and spent leaves.....Arlyn
