I got a number of mainly green wood cuttings of a selection of different figs from a friend last month. I have a few that I am trying the plastic bag rooting method with, but most of them I directly rooted in various ways: some in vermiculite, some in potting soil; some with root hormone, some not; some with additional stem base wounding, some not.

They're in clear plastic cups with drainage holes, and I have them sitting in propagation trays in my greenhouse.  They are on raised grids so that they are sitting above the water that's in the bottom of each tray.  I have thermostatically controlled heating pads set at 80F, and all the trays have clear domes over them so they are sort of like terrariums.

I have gotten about an 80-90% success rate so far, regardless of rooting conditions; and there is no evidence of mold.  I keep my eye on the moisture levels in the cups. 

My question relates to the coming months.  I live in Zone 8b (Seattle area) and my in-ground figs are, of course, deciduous.  I normally heat my greenhouse in the winter to protect some sensitive plants, so its never below 38F-40F.  If I keep my rooted fig cuttings sitting in the greenhouse on the heat mats like they are right now, they will probably have an ambient temperature inside the domes of at least 65F all winter.  So, will I see deciduous behavior with my newly leafed out cuttings or not?

If they are rooted and developed enough, dormancy shouldn't be an issue. 65F might be enough to keep them from dormancy, but probably not enough to keep them actively growing, either. Maybe subdivide the greernhouse with one area warmer, for the figs to keep them active?

jon - what do you mean developed enough? how can one tell?

i live in zone 9b nor cal, can my small fig trees (about 1 foot tall) go dormant? or should i bring them inside?

all my big trees are 1 yr old. when they first came, it was sept of last year. they didn't go dorment at all during winter of 10-11. the leaves stayed green till the spring. there were still some green leaves from 2010 on them during this summer.

i have about 5 new plants that i have rooted starting aug of this year. i don't expect them to go dormant at all in my garage this winter. temp here goes down to 10 degrees during winter sometimes, but never stays that low for long.

pete