Well, I will update my rust problem here also.I mixed up a concoction or dish detergent, Immunox, and Daconil .
I have sprayed twice with that, plus I have pulled a huge amount of leaves. I would say the garden looks 80 percent better! However, mostly because of the rusty awful looking leaves being disposed of. I do think the spray has done some good also. But, I actually believe the main reason the garden is looking so much better and is showing such a decrease in rust is largely due to the weather change,.We have had two weeks of dry weather with just a few sprinkles on just a few days mixed in. Now the weather has turned cool again for the past few days and this morning actually felt chilly. I am really surprised by the sudden turnaround in the rust situation. I think as the rust progressively moved from plant to plant I could envision the entire garden being a huge rust bucket, but hopefully with spraying and by pulling so many leaves and by having a lot of plants that do at least show resistance to the increase of rust, the progression of rust can at least be slowed down and kept at an acceptable level.
I am not very confident with my spray program , and I am still waiting a reply form the extension service to my e-mail. I will admit though that I do feel spraying could have had much more effect than I give it credit for, I just have no way of knowing what the actual reason was for the sudden improvement in the looks of the garden. I don't have a gauge for how fast spraying improves the decline of rust? Does anyone know if it is a next day, next week, or just how long it takes to normally see a much reduced amount of rust in the garden?
