i have few small cuttings that was rooted about a month ago. i moved them into garage few days ago since the temp was going below 40.

any of  you do anything special? or just let it ride out the winter? it had good roots when i put them into the 1 gal container.

I have a few that just showed roots in the baggies the last few days. I am wondering what to do with those also. After tonight we should
be back in the 40's for lows and upper 60's to low 70's for a few days.

If the tips are hardened, I let them go dormant. Just don't let them freeze. If they are green and actively growing, I will either gradually harden them off so that the wood lignifies and the plant goes dormant or continue to grow them in a greenhouse or on a window sill with sunlight.

Ruben, would you put them in pots or leave them in the baggies in either case of letting them go dormant or putting them in
the greenhouse/window sill?

I started some cuttings a couple of months ago. They are potted in 1 gallon containers and under lights in my basement for the winter.

I put mine under lights in the basement too. Warm too so they can put on growth trhough the winter. 

I am thinking about lights also but still wandering if I
Should leave them in the baggies or pot them .

I use lights for newly rooted cuttings but this year I have some duplicates and some will stay dormant and I'll see which does better.  There has to be a lot of light.  100W 5000K cfls and dual tube T8s work well a few inches above the plants. 

If there are roots mine go in to pots.  The smaller the roots the easier they are to work with.  If there are no roots mine stay in the bag.

I've been using the T5 lights. 4 bulb x 4 ft. A few inches above the plants. No heat with these bulbs. They are growing like weeds! I'd also put them in pots if there are enough roots.

Art and Bob thanks for your input. That helps me make a decision on which way to go. Going shopping
for some lights.

Definitely don't leave rooted cuttings in baggies to winter over.

I'm letting even my small trees go dormant over the winter this year.  The ones in small pots I'll keep warmer (above freezing) rather than in the garage, because they're more vulnerable.  But I'm trying it out this way and see how it goes.  They'll be dark and in a basement, hopefully not too warm.  Watered occasionally so they don't dehydrate.  The bigger ones will be in the garage (it'll fall below freezing, but hopefully not really bad and not for extended periods... I'll cover them in the garage with old rugs/quilts and stuff, for those really cold snaps).  Except for the ones that are in the ground... they'll be buried again.  I want to try keeping them all on the same "annual cycle" if I can manage that.  In years past (back in the 80's and 90's) any potted fig that I didn't let really go dormant in the winter, would be a poor/weak tree the next year.  Not sure if that's universally true or not, but it sure fit my experiences.  To me they seem to need dormancy.  So I'll try it even with the young 'uns.

Mike   central NY state, zone 5

I always allow my rooted cuttings go dormant in the fall. If they are in 1-gallon or smaller pot, my special treatment is to make sure they don't get subjected to temperatures below freezing before bringing then inside to a cold storage room that always stay around 40F~45F. They have always survived.

I live where it can get cool in winter, but there generally is no frost. Most of my figs are still actively growing. I'm planning to put my youngest plants (in gallons, bands, and larger baggies) in warm, sunny spots so they will grow and 'put on size' for as many months as possible.

I have decided to get some T5 or T8 lights for my cuttings and the cuttings with new roots like Bob and Art said above. I may
put my gallons under them also. We can get pretty cold here (single digits and teens) but that usually doesn't last long.

really worried about my two Niagara Black. they have good set of roots, but top had not grown much before our temp dropped below 40. they are in 1 gal. now all my 1 gal are in my garage, i guess i'll just pull these two in the house when the temp get really low. other's are stout enough to tough it out through the winter. some already sent dormant.

Pete,
I think that's a good plan (to pull those two new NB trees in 1g into the house).  Tough to say for sure how they'll do with dormancy... if they're already dormant though, then let 'em.  In my (limited) experience with potted trees, even the small/young ones do OK being dormant... they just can't handle the lower temps that a bigger one can.  I guess they've probably got to have some minimal threshhold of potential energy stored up though... that's why I don't really want to root late-season cuttings (rather hold them over for springtime).  I see lots of folks on here that "force" new rootings through a winter without dormancy by using lights... I still rely on sunlight primarily though, and that's why I'm sold on letting dormancy happen.  Like I said, even very small trees seem able to deal with dormancy as long as you don't let 'em freeze and keep them minimally watered.  (I've had lots in 4" pots that went dormant and came back... it was back when I was less careful and deliberate about figs... they survived though, and I've got some very small trees that I kept small on purpose still in small pots, and they'll be dormant this winter, though I'll probably give most of them away to fig friends).  Good luck with the Niagara Blacks.

Mike   central NY state, zone 5

mike,

NB will definitely have to come inside. the top is still very tender and soft green of new branch coming out. they will freeze off during the low temp. i'll probably have to mist the top few times a day just to keep 'em alive insde my house.

Bob C, I just got two, 4 bulb units with T8 bulbs. How close to the plants do you hang yours and how many hours a day
do you leave them on? HD didn't have a set up for 4 T5 bulbs so I went with this.