A while back I did the pot in pot thing because my plants were at a standstill because of our heat. Well this morning I decided to look at a small Sal's Corleone plant, I pulled it out of the larger 3 gal. pot and found some roots growing in the pine bark nuggets in the bigger pot.'
And I thought I would look at the Hardy Chicago (thanks Martin)
here is what I found, unbelievable! I guess I better re pot that one what do ya think?

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/file?id=831344

I think by re potting, those roots will stay a little cooler since they won't be touching the sides of the pot as of yet. Next year they will be more mature and might handle the heat better. I also believe you will get much faster growth by re potting since you still have plenty of warm and sunny weather ahead. That plant sure looks healthy. 

Thanks Sal,

I have already re potted the Sal's C and Hardy Chicago

I had to really pull on the Sals to get it out of the smaller pot, lost a lot of roots on both, I put them on the back porch out of sun light, hope they make it!

Cecil I noticed this earlier this year with my new cuttings in 1 gal pots. Not long after I re potted them within 10-14 days they looked much healthier and really started to put on growth. I also lost some roots but the plants didn't show any type of stress.

Thanks again,

That is encouraging !