I don't know why this is happening to my baby tree. It happens to the giant tree in the back too. Once my season is over...this happens. Does anyone know why a tree gets Fig rust? Or How I can help it? Thank you! Photos Attached.

I have also read this: No fungicides are specifically labeled to control this disease on fig. Fortunately, fungicidal control usually is not necessary.

But still..why my tree?

Here by me in containers at end of season as well when trees are spent i get it here and there . Personally its not a big deal for me as the trees are soon to go dormant.
Then in spring there just fine again as they leaf out.

Thanks Martin. That makes me feel better. I saw my mom's tree yesterday, and it wasn't experiencing any rust. It made me curious as to why mine, but not hers. 

If it will make you feel any better, my containerized trees start to look ratty, and spent, by late August, and look terrible, yellow-spotted and rusty, by mid-Sept.  I don't panic because dormancy soon follows in October, and all the leaves fall off. 

The first time this happened, back in 2007, I thought I killed my trees.  I never grew fig trees before, and couldn't understand why things went so wrong so fast.  The fig-forum members set me straight.

Your trees will be fine.  Relax.  : ))))))

Frank

Thanks guys!

I am going to suggest more water. I am seeing a somewhat brownish lawn, which would indicate a heat/water imbalance, and I do not see any watering basin around the tree. If the tree only gets watered when the lawn gets watered, it is likely under-watered. The leaf drop would also be consistent with under-watering.

Rust is supposedly an issue in highly humid areas. All leaves age over time, until they finally drop off in the fall. They look rattier as they age.

If it is rust (and I'm not saying it is... I'll trust the expertise above!)... anyway, if it is, on another thread someone suggested Neem Oil to me.  I've used it on a tree that I'm pretty sure has rust (a Chikishlyarskii tree), and it seems to be stopping the rust.  I apply about every 5 days (depending on whether it's rained), and only in evening/low light so as to avoid burn.  But I'm in a climate that's a lot cooler than yours, and quite damp here.  

Good luck.  I hope the watering that Jon suggested works for you.

Mike   central NY state, zone 5

+1 on the Neem Oil. I've used it already this season on my Figs. Have used it many years in the past in the garden for various fungus and leaf eating insect problems.

I live in the rust belt. To get a better idea of what your seeing, could you post a few pictures of the underside of green and also yellowed leaves. Here is a picture of rust on a green leaf before it yellowed.

I have the impression that copper controls fig rust. What impression it is fact copper fights rust. Read the label on the copper spray bottle. Rust is written in plain English. It is not once and done you have to keep at it weakly for several weeks. Fungus is not insect one spray and it is gone. You have to stay alert to fight fungus. I spend lots of money buying fungicide and it is not only figs all my fruit trees no spray 7-8 times a season or no fruit. But you will have the miserable task of collecting dead fruits fallen out of the trees. This year I am so lucky and in full control. I use about 6 different kinds of fungicide