Let them go dormant outdoors and then take them into the dark.
Water once a month (or when you dig into the soil and cannot feel any moisture a few inches down). Careful not to over water!

Letting them grow throughout the winter indoors produces poor growth. You're better off letting them rest.

So your saying if I leave them in the sunroom exposed to sunlight they may continue to grow over the winter

That's what mine did last year

stevinm33 - How cold does your garage get in winter? I was wondering about storing my fig tree in my garage, but it gets down to 10 degrees Fahrenheit. My only other option would be a somewhat chilly kitchen corner, but it's bright. There's no way I'll be able to get the pot into the basement. Way too big.

I found that keeping mine in a very dark basement didn't give them the rest like a cold hard dormancy for my others in an unheated room.

The ones in the basement did not produce much fruit if any at all, and tried to grow anyway, very white new growth and even a small fruit or two.

The ones in the cold room, stayed completely asleep and tried no growth at all until February when it started to creep above 45 degrees. Those all produced lots of fruit

I'm thinking most figs need a chill requirement in order to do extremely well?

Is dormancy must for figs? I am thinking of bringing mine up in sunroom in mid dec ( 28-35F) here in New England.

Joe. I have always wondered that although the ones I let sleep always seem to produce more for me. I have always wondered if there was certain figs for certain areas that continue to grow all year, like California and or the tropics?

I'll assume all figs need some sort of chill requirement? How chilly?

I hope someone that knows will let you know)

My garage temps drops below freezing at times. I believe what really matters is keeping the dormant fig trees out of the elements. No wind, freezing rain or snow. I don't even cover them with anything. They are tougher than most think. During the winter months I'll place softball sized snowballs on each pot to provide moisture to the soil. It usually takes a week or so for them to completely melt away. This is done maybe once a month. This may not be the preferred method but it's what has worked for me for the past 3-4 years. Last year was the only time I experienced any die back, but here in Massachusetts we had a brutal winter. The die back was not severe as it only happened on 3 of the 42 trees and I only had to remove several inches from some branches. The one variety that suffered the most die back was my Paradiso Bronze which I believe was because of the late season growth spurt the tree had right before the end of the season. There was a lot of green wood on that tree when I put it away lastyear. But it no way were those trees set back. They are all loaded with figs this year. The only thing I did different this year was that I stopped fertilizing alot sooner to allow all the green wood to harden off before winter.

Stevcin, I have a question..

Did any of your pots ever freeze solid during your hold over period with temps that low?

Thank you

My large potted figs go into the unheated, attached garage before a hard freeze and stay there until spring. It gets down to about 30F at the coldest in there and is generally in the 40s during the day. This provides a good dormant period without damage.

It definitely gets below freezing in my garage. The soil does freeze in there, but I don't know for sure it they get frozen solid. I would imagine that they do. Especially a couple of years ago when they were only 3 gallon containers. They are now in 15 gallon pots ready to go into 25 gallons.