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Tog Tan · 03-17-2009, 12:05 PM

Yo Patty, as you are aware I am not a 'cold' grower but what I am trying to say here is that it's best to remove the rotting area as the new leaf would not be able to get through it. Also there is the chance of it rotting further down.

It happens to the pups here when we ship them around. This is usually due to temperature stress.

If you check the roots and the bottom, they should be firm and ok. It's basically a rot which started due to some reason. I had this happening to pups which were the diameter of 6in. Once cut, it may die back to the corm and a new pup will emerge later. I feel it's better this than to have it rot all the way down.

All the best.

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