Okay...I have a group of tiny to very small baby fig plants that I got from an Ebay seller before joining this forum. If labeled correctly, they are: Little Ruby, Violette de Bordeaux, Desert King, and Petite Negri. They are about 3"-7" tall, with one thin sprig going up a foot with a leaflet at the top. The leaves on all plants are green, with no signs of dormancy.

When these arrived several weeks ago, they were in narrow 2" x 3" tall pots. I have repotted all but two of them into 6.5" x 5" tall pots. I have them on a table in front of sliding glass doors on the east side of the house, where they get hours of sunlight every clear day. The ones that are repotted seem to be happy from what I can tell, but I have several questions about caring for these little ones.

Did I pot up too large to start, or will they be okay for now?

It's cold here now in 7b, with night time lows in the 20's F. Contributing to my limited knowledge, I have read that it is okay to keep figs indoors with no winter chill. Think I also read that this may reduce fruiting. (Well, not that i'll probably have to worry/hope for that this year!) Well, it seems I also read that you need to prune in order to have proper fruiting if keeping indoors like this. But again, as tiny as these are at this point, I can't imagine cutting anything off them even in a couple months.

But, i'd appreciate any input and agreement/disagreement with what I read about overwintering potted figs indoors.

It's important for me to keep these baby figs alive and for them to thrive. I also need to care for them in such a way that they will fruit as soon as possible, so any suggestions would be appreciated!
LJ

They should be fine in those pots. I would have put them in gallon or larger pots.  Just be careful to not over water.  No pruning necessary now.  

Lots of us figaholics are trying to do the same as you are, babying newly rooted (or trying to root cuttings) through the winter in hopes that they will survive & thrive next spring. I agree with Charlie, they should be fine in those pots and you may have comfortbly gone a lil bigger even. The problem we all may encounter is getting these babies enough light so they dont get "leggy" & become all sorts of otherwise unhappy fig trees. Do you have a south facing window to offer them more light? Are you opposed to picking up some florescent shop lights to supplement them? That may help too. I'm new to the fig game myself, but so far mine are looking mostly happy in their southfacing window or being supplemented with the 3 6500k T8 bulb 4ft shoplights I have some under in "mom's fig cave" lol (other wise known as my grow room). Good luck to you and raising your baby figs through the winter! You are in the right place with a great deal of experienced growers who are happy to advise you :)

If I plan better, I will not grow fig trees at fall/winter, many things can go wrong.

I am in Zone 8 area, but windy corner, due to micro climate, it is really zone 6.
My house doesn't have heater, just one plug in electric heater of 1500 watts, very cold at winter time, Next house block all sun light to my windows as well.

My coworker gave me one "Desert king" fig at August, it was so delicious, I bought 7 baby/young "Desert king" fig trees within 1 month and planted 4 in garden, and 3 in pot.
at Octorber, my garden was flooded, 2 of fig trees was under water for 2 days then weather turned cold to 20F to 30F for 10 days, it frozen to ground, I have feeling that those baby fig trees might not survives but time will tell next spring time.

For 3 bady fig trees in pot, I put them inside my house, due to no heating, they dropped all leaves and went dormancy, I hope that they can wake up at spring time.

at the same time, I grow 10+ rooted cuttings in cups with leaves, they are weakening day by day even with 22W CFL light due to variable mistakes.  
- just be careful not to over water your fig trees, They need light and right temperature.

I will restart my cuttings at Feb and re-order my new batch of bady fig trees at March/April.

Anyway, good luck for your bady fig trees. I hope that other member can help you.

I too live in 7b. I don't know what your lows are, but we have hit 5F two years running. If the lows were only going to be 20F, I would probably not winterize my inground figs. But as it is they have died both years so I plan to wrap them up tight this year to be safe. 

As for the smallish figs still in pots. Here's how I store them in a small attached shed behind the house. First I tie the limbs together to make each tree compact, they are very flexible so don't worry too much. Then I stack them in the back corner of the shed. Over the top I have hung a 100W bulb that is plugged into a thermostatic outlet switch (bought at Lowes). The switch turns on the light at 35F and off at 45F. That keeps my figs safe from freeze but allows them to go fully dormant. This is easy and pretty cheap. 

I've got baby figs in pots myself. They are too immature to go with the other pots into a completely unheated greenhouse so I stuck them in an attached closet next to the house. Hopefully they will not freeze solid. We'll see next spring. Many people worry about trees getting too leggy during the winter if grown inside. I've wondered if that is so terrible. Worst case scenario, I just cut off all that new growth in the spring. At least my fig is alive. Just wondering, never tried that.

I live in an old coal town with what we call a coal ben. that is an extra room separate from our basement where coal was delivered through a chute and stored. being underground and having the furnace in the other part of the basement works out well. the room is dark, unheated and has been stable around 47 degrees so far. last winter it was a bit colder around the lower 40s most winter. hope it stays cold enough this early in there. we are having crazy warm temps after leaf fall. 

Awesome! I had a feeling that little shoplight just might do the trick for you.. Sooo glad I could offer you some help! So many people on this forum were kind enough to give me the guidance I needed (still need lol) so it feels good to be able to help a fellow newbie out :) We are in this together! Lol.. Figs rock! Haha ;)

I started my first cuttings early summer and they just started to sprout leaves in the fall.  I also purchased a smith tree that wasn't much bigger.  I decided they were too small to go dormant and kept them indoors in front of a southern facing window.  I keep the indoors temperature in the low 60's at night.  The figs did not like this and the Smith was the first to lose all 7 of its little leaves, one at a time over the month of November.

So I sprung into action.  I bought a plastic tub/bin and 2 LED grow lights:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014ZZLP8G?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
I cut holes in the lid and mounted the lights and added a heating source I already owned:
http://www.amazon.com/Goldenrod-725731-GoldenRod-Original-Dehumidifier/dp/B00CYBDFWI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1449763382&sr=8-1&keywords=golden+rod

The smith sprung to life almost instantly.  The cuttings which are an unknown black fig had mixed results.  New leaves were sprouting, but the existing leaves were browning.  So I decided to raise the lights by mounting 1" PCV pipes, wrapping in painter's plastic to retain humidity.  finally surrounding 3 sides (and top and bottom) of the contraption in reflective insulation, but leaving the window facing side open to the sun.  I have a thermostat reading between 70f-85f and 85% humidity.  The plants love this environment and have grown more in the last 3 weeks than all summer.

The whole setup probably cost around $150 which seems high for 4 fig plants, but I hope to use this many times over the years.

I think what you have are those tiny tissue culture trees.  Here is my 2 cents about them.  They will grow like gang busters.  It is ok to let them go dormant--- if you want.  I have some of those.  Mine are play material.  One thing I did when I got mine was that I repotted mine up to a small gallon SWP.  Normally I don't place small trees like these in SWPs but the soil used to root the TC plants is very dry and hard to keep moist.  Mine are growing, however, some have dropped their leaves a couple of times but their tips are bright green and they are leafing out again.  Also, suckers will pop up so, keep cutting them and the tree will grow from one main leader.  SO, let it go dormant if you want.

Aporto, thank you for sharing your experience and pretty ingenious set up, and i'm glad your figs are doing well...
As I only have several small electric heaters for the house right now, it can get pretty cold in here at night. Hope my figs stay happy despite that. So far they seem to be doing well- but if they start losing leaves, i'll probably just let them go into dormancy.
For future reference, however, i'm keeping your info on hand, it's really helpful.

SWP is self watering planter\pot. You can buy or make them pretty easily.

TC plants are cloned in a lab from small amounts of plant tissue. Sometimes they may revert to a juvenile state where they need to reach a certain size before maturing and fruiting. My Hardy Chicago TC plants fruited in their first year. My Green Ischia did not, but that might be because it was sent with rootknot nematodes, and I lost lots of time having to reroot it from cuttings.

I've grown baby TC figs and tiny plants from cuttings over the winter for the last few years when trying to get them to size up. I'm coming from a zone 5 location, where historically we get around 153 frost free days and some of those days can still be pretty chilly. That's why I prefer to cut off the extra growing seasons it would take for me to ever see fruit. In my situation it is helpful.

Shop lights are fantastic. My figs love them; 12-14 hours per day seems to work well. Find a nice warm spot in your home as best you can. I have a two-story, so the figs are upstairs where I can offer more light and warmth. Just remember not to over water or over fertilize. Don't crowd them or wet their leaves when watering. They're pretty easygoing plants, and they don't need coddling. One of the easiest plants to grow once they have a small but decent root system.

Thanks for your helpful post and information, Windowsill_Gardens...
Looking at them now, it's surprising that some of these tiny TC fig plants can fruit their first year. I'd be thrilled if a few of mine did.

When I repotted, I didn't look for root knot nematodes...hopefully these don't have any! Did you get your plants from an Ebay nursery/seller?

My plants were very inexpensive, but as I need to be able to grow nutritious food for health and financial reasons, want them to do well and produce as soon as possible. I've tried to be careful not to overwater, and am just using a little natural fish fertilizer in the water when I do. My little avocado tree seems to thrive with this fertilizer, and hope the figs will also.

I'm surprised at how many hours of grow light the figs can use. I still plan to get the clip on light with bulb and will get that going asap. Having a two story house with upstairs area would be excellent for growing them.
I appreciate the info a lot :) LJ

The one with the nematodes came from a nursery vendor on Amazon. They don't sell there anymore. They mostly dealt in orchids, and it didn't seem to be a recurring problem. I couldn't see any sign of RKN when first potting it up. At the next up potting I saw the signs. Nothing else was infected, so it wasn't my mix that was contaminated.

I've gotten very healthy TC plants from places that also sell on eBay, such as Wellspring. The most common thing to find is a little fig rust from growing in close quarters with overhead watering. That's usually really minor and easy to correct. It's always best to check for disease and bugaboos when things first arrive to head off potential problems though.

As long as you keep the fertilizer well diluted it should be fine. Figs can grow really fast. I had one Hardy Chicago start at 1.5 inches tall, and it was almost two feet tall by the time it went outside. I hear Petite Negri fruits young too, so I'll keep my fingers crossed for you to get fruit this year from these little guys.

Danielle, I got all of my little plants from Wellspring Gardens, and they've all looked green and healthy, even after days of shipping. I was afraid you were going to tell me that the nematode plant came from them, so it's a relief to find it didn't. After my experience so far with WG, I would buy from them again.

It made me smile when you referred to them as "the little guys" :) Thanks for hoping they do well...

Your Hardy Chicago grew amazingly fast; it must have been one really happy tree with the care you gave it.

Right now, i'm trying to root quite a few cuttings I've gotten from members here on the forum. These have all been well-packed and fresh when they arrived. I'm using the rooting technique of bundling them in moist sphagnum moss in closed plastic containers, which I air each day. If most of these root, i'll definitely be busy caring for them, but greatly pleased.
Best wishes on your gardening also!

I got Black Italian and Italian Honey from Wellspring. I'm hoping to get my first figs off those two this coming year. Only time I haven't gotten my figs early and grown them up during the winter. Those extra months make a huge difference for me.

This year I'm also doing cuttings from forum members for the three new varieties I'm growing. I'm using the same rooting method, and I'm getting ready to pot up some rooted cuttings today.