I'd guess rust is a bigger issue than we really want to think about.
Especially since I've read it can travel 60 miles carried in the wind.
It really makes plants look bad. Poor babies.
Like how could you talk anyone into buying daylilies when rust has beat the stuffing out of them?
I did cut back, but read that cutting back shouldn't be continued past a certain point.
I have sprayed although I haven't used the systemic spray I just got. Right now, high temps have slowed rust down.
For general info, I found organic contact sprays to be more effective than some of the more un-organic ones.
I suspect rust came in from a NC grower and those plants fared the worst...looked like they were going to die.
And it spread to my other new plants that I've been trying use for hybridization.
Amazingly seedlings weren't much affected and my older plants that have been here for ages didn't seem to get hit that much either.
I guess the good thing about getting rust while having a new interest in daylilies is that issue can be addressed and dealt with.
Indoctrination this year has been pretty good: fungus gnats eating seedlings, leaf streak, and now rust.
On the plus side, there are oodles of big seed pods out there and hopefully, they won't be sterile.
