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Thanks, Truman.

"There are several ways this can happen. The skin gets dried out and cracked 
from sun exposure and the microb gets in. In the Western US, the soils in 
places is very alkaline and that will cause the skin to develop cracks and the 
microb to get in. The other thing about alkaline enviroements is micro 
organisms such as this one thrive in these environments. They don't do well in 
acidic environments. The soils in the Easter and Central part of the US are on 
the acid side because they contain a lot of decayed and decaying material. 
Hence scratches is much more a problem in the Westen US than it is the Eastern 
US."


I'm willing to bet that our soil in Egypt is highly acid since it is all 
decaying and decayed material. The only thing faster than plant growth in Egypt 
is plant rot.  That would explain why we don't see much of it. We also have 
very hard water here and when I need to have something really clean we add a 
bit of vinegar to the rinse, which would also keep things down.

Much appreciated.

Maryanne

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