Quote Originally Posted by stinkyattic
There was no evidence of dehydration.
That is rot, and may originally have started from physical damage, but now you need to cut out the part that is brown and carefully check for signs of white fibrous looking gunk in the buds, or powdery grey- remove any parts that have those, and if there are weeds blocking the breezes that should dry the dew from your plants each morning, tie or cut them back.
You dont see leaves curled up from the heat?