Hi all, I'm completely new to growing figs and have 3 figs I purchased in fall. They went dormant before I could gain firsthand experience in fig care. I've seen photos of other people's figs already growing leaves in colder zones than mine. I can't tell if mine are still dormant or already dead/goners.

Some background information on my figs. They're potted in 7 gallon fabric pots because they originally came in 2x2 tall/narrow pots and the fabric pots were all I had at the time. Right before overwintering them, I read that its ok to let them experience a frost once before moving them so I let them stay out until we had a frost. They were still moist when the frost hit so they felt very heavy and brick hard when I moved them. They went into an unheated but also open garage. My family's house is almost a century old and the garage probably old as well. The garage car entrance is broken and has been stuck in an open position for several years now. They went far into the back where the car could block them from the open entrance. Then we had that huge blizzard in the Northeast with strong powdery snow gusts. I worried so much about the strong winds being able to blow through the garage that I ended up moving them to my basement after the snow ended. They were still very heavy and brick hard when I moved them to the basement and seemed to have softened up being in the basement. I watered them very little a few times during the winter but mostly left the soil dry. I finally moved them back outside last week and am doing the shuffle as the temperatures keep dropping back down to freezing.

Now that they're in natural light, I see that 2 out of 3 figs have brown colored wood. The third fig has that distinctive grey colored wood. I scratched the bark of the 2 darker wood figs and it seems very light green underneath but I'm not experienced enough to know if they're definitely alive or not.

Did I leave them too dry? Too exposed to the cold? Is there anything I can do to let them know its time to wake up from dormancy? Any tips on how to care for the 2 figs looking close to dead? I can take pictures of them if needed! My figs were very nice air layered cuttings that I splurged on. I really don't want to lose them and feel guilty about my empty wallet