Hi Hans I found this quite fascinating... I was telling Ken about some of mine that rotted after goats damaged them but mine the whole centre rotted out like a cup. Do the bulb scale mites eventually cause core rot too or only damage at the leaf base & then another infection may possibly take over ? Mine could easily be a different sort of rot to Kens but i am interested for the future because my belladonna looked "exactly" the same as kens photo at first, & then the whole core rotted away before i noticed & treated it & it looked a little strange when i got it, so it might have already been infected when i bought it. Is this something i should be worried about spreading in the garden or is it pretty random in its attacks ? Unlike the Brunsvegias that had been severely damaged from sharp hooves completely crushing their centres like mashed potato, so a rot was a pretty sure thing with them. But all quickly recovered & survived after my treatment thank goodness. Steven Queensland Australia On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Hans-Werner Hammen <haweha@hotmail.com>wrote: > > Hello Ken, to me, this looks pretty much like a secondary infection from > red blotch (Stagonospora curtisii) originating from an infestation through > bulb scale mites (Steneotarsonemus laticeps). This would mean, that > antifungal treatment is not the key,