Unhited Garage for winter ,Plant in grownd in the Spring.

OK ... It is my expectation that a significant number of roots will have wandered out from the holes in the 1 gal containers they are in now by the time they go dormant in the fall. When I prepare to bring them in for with winter should I prune these roots or pot-up to the next higher container for the winter (in order to protect these roots.)

-Steve

I will pot up ,to up to 5 Gall.Container if you have it ,if you have larger containers you only fill them Half to three quarter depending how big the container is.,That wiill take care of next year.Regards

I guess I'm the maverick of the fig forum - not only do I bring my first year plants inside in the winter, as suggested by Herman, I also don't let them go dormant for that first year. I learned to do this because I had lots of brugmansias to overwinter, and adding a fig tree or two didn't make much difference to my efforts. But, lo and behold, these overwintered fig trees really took off when placed in the ground the following spring.
I wouldn't worry about saving the roots coming out of the pot, let them dry off. There are probably loads of roots inside the pot which will serve the plant well, and the tree won't suffer from transplanting up.....Elder (Lou)

A few months ago, while pruning my trees, I removed the leaves from a few short branches and stuck them in a pot of soil. I promptly ignored them. Low and behold, they have rooted and now sport a set of leaves (don't get me started with all of the pampering I did with my winter cuttings and my With these being so young and tender, should I bring them inside for the winter -or- go ahead and let them go dormant and move them to the garage? From Lou's prior comment, he doesn't let them go dormant ... what is the pro/con for this?

Both cuttings, as you can see, are tip growth and very green (have not hardened at all.) The left branch is from a Sultane the right is an Alma.

One other thing ... at some point I will need to separate these into their own pots ... when should I do this?

-Steve

Re dormancy: keeping them actively growing during the Winter gives me something to do; sometimes think dormancy is a convenience for the grower. Also, I have had several varieties of young plants which produced a pretty big crop in their first growing year after keeping them growing through the Winter. And, unfortunately, I have had trees go dormant, and stay dormant. Elder (Lou)

You mean God didn't invent dormancy for me to take a vacation? LOL

~james