As we finish our basement, we have decided to have an indoor garden room/green house. It is the bottom half of a turret that comes away from the house. All windows. Unfortunately it is north facing. I grow my seedlings there, so I have grow lights set up to supplement the light. I got a VdB this spring and potted it bc the spot I would plant in my yard is currently not safe for plants due to construction next door. I was wondering if instead of putting it in my garage for the winter to hibernate, can I move it to my heated garden room for year round figs? Is this possible?

I also want to do this with dwarf lemon and lime trees. Spend the summers outside and in the house for the winter. I'm going to take a tomato cutting and grow one of those down there too. I'm in zone 6b in Salt Lake City

I am also very curious to know the answer to this question. What a wonderful idea!

if you wish to try this, don't use those silly little grow lights. find an expensive halogine  the one with a ballast. that can duplicate actual sunlight. burn your corneas too, if you're not careful.  ,

I kept 50-60 trees indoors all winter and they kept leaves.  I used common heat lamp type bulbs (250watt) placed 24" above the tree tops.  I kept the lights on 24/7.  These were well rooted trees in 1 gal pots.  I think I gained a whole season by doing this.  I put them in in November and took them out in April.  By June 1 I had to up pot everything to 3 gallon pots.  The down side is that there seemed to be a lot of Fungus Gnats/flies and I had to keep up with a peroxide solution.  I will only do this with my special trees this year as it takes a lot of space and time as the watering is almost the same as summer watering.

I have always kept my houseplants outside for the summer and indoors for the winter months without any problems. I thought this is what you're supposed to do! I plan on doing the same with my newly acquired figs too since I just up potted them... except for the Sal's. He'll go in the garage for dormancy since his owner suggested it upon gifting him to me.

Figs need to rest or they will be in a half sleep half awake. 100 hours atleasy

The celt is right 100 hours

Just curious. what do figs do at the equator, as far as dormancy?  The temp stays real close all year as does the daylight hours.

I know we have a few members in Indonesia maybe they can let us know.

Does that mean 100 hours of chill? So, just over 4 days?