Natalie - That would be great if you are correct about being able to import data from Plantstep into Excel. Would sure save me the time of re-entering all that data.
Tina - I don't plan to get rid of all my rust prone daylilies. I still need them to expose all the others to rust to see which ones are resistant or recover quickly. But I have divided plants and I need to share some of those divisions with others locally. That would free up some space in my garden beds and yard to add new hybrids. It's such a chore to create more raised beds, but I still have lots of lawn/grass to cover with garden beds. My plan is to eliminate most of my lawn. The backyard lawn is almost gone. (It's such a waste of space, IMHO. Grass serves no purpose that I can determine and it requires water and fertilizer if I wanted to keep it nice (which I don't).
Something that I have noticed this year.... I have rust bucket daylilies that I moved to new raised beds that are getting some partial sun instead of all day sun. Both of those new raised beds now have plants that sure look a LOT better than the full sun daylilies I have around the yard. (When I say full sun, I mean hot areas!) My thought is that healthier plants resist rust and other diseases better than stressed plants. Those very same daylilies had rust last year and the year before, but in the partial shade beds, they are showing a lot less rust attacks. So now I've run into a new dilemma. The comparison between those different beds of daylilies is rather astonishing. Does rust spores multiply more in hot areas than in cooler, shady areas? Or is it all about the daylilies ability to resist or recover better from rust attacks if they are not as stress from the heat and soil baking sun? Or is there less rust spores in the new raised beds, therefore there is less rust on the plants. There is so much to learn about daylily rust fungus. This is a challenge that may take a some time for me figure out. It's really interesting to be doing these experiments and keeps me really focused on specific details at this time. In all honesty, I didn't think partial shade vs. full sun would make that much difference with the rust problem. But now I'm not so sure ....
