It's past the last frost date around here, and the forecast is looking pretty good. I'm calling it an end to the pre-season and a start to the fig growing in-season. My two in-ground trees are budding out. The potted plants have been outside for a couple of weeks already and are leafing out nicely. As of now, many of my cuttings are now graduates and will have to earn their keep in the real world outside.
The cuttings which have yet to be potted and are still being acclimated to outdoor sun:
The potted new trees which have been acclimated to outdoor sun via the shuffle to/from shady locations and progressive exposure to longer periods of direct sun:
Of course, now that I see all my new and old trees arranged outdoors (and accounting for the cuttings still inside), I can fully comprehend the degree to which I went overboard with my winter rooting. Some of the trees are destined to be gifted, but that still leaves me with more trees than I had planned for. Figs are too addicting a hobby.