I tossed my Persimmons before setting out because they showed brown tips from the first true leaves. At 8 weeks they still had it and I didn't want to take a chance.

Sorry -- but.... what is CRUD? I checked via the forum search but everyone who refers to it seems to know what it is..... What is CRUD? Thanks.....

CRUD is "Carolyn's Rare Unknown Disease". No one's been able to figure out quite what it is, despite a pathologist from Cornell having a go at it. We're pretty sure it's fungal, but it only seriously affects young indoor seedlings.

I'm still not quite clear, Pete -- is the CRUD still actively spreading? That would be unusual, as you mentioned, since it tends to go away once the plants are outside and growing. I wonder whether it goes away with strict application of daconil, as in applying it "to the letter" while removing the affected parts of the leaves.

As for pulling them... I don't really see any reason to, if they're otherwise growing okay. The risk with fungal leaf diseases is that they may cripple the plant, and possibly splash it onto plants next to them; you're not endangering your whole garden by keeping them. And it might be interesting to see whether they do eventually pull out of it.

Kellogg's Breakfast is the other one I can think of that has a huge problem with CRUD... what is it with the orange ones?

--Alison

guys, i already have difficulties understanding english ; what is Kellogg's Breakfast, are we talking about cereal for breakfast?

Even though no one knows what the CRUD is, it could be helpful to see an image. (But I see this post is years old. sigh)

As for Kellogg's Breakfast, that's the name of one kind of tomato.