I think that sounds like the way to go, Leslie. Cut it off well below the "soft' area, even it it's right at the rhizome. Give the 'cut' area a squirt of either 10% bleach solution, or listerene, and maybe dust the area with Comet. I've had more rot issues this year than I have had for a long time. The biggest offender seems to me to be "crown rot", rather than "soft rot".....the center fan will be fine one day, and laying on the ground the next, with the rotted area wet, but not slimy, or very "smelly"...any side increases , even the tiny ones, seem to be unaffected. So far, none of the newly planted iris have been affected, just the "older" plants, and that makes me think it was the wacky winter, and the wet, cool spring and early summer that are the main culprits.................Arlyn
