Has anyone noted how many days it take to wake up a fig tree and the temperature you need.  The reason I'm asking is I'm shuffling my figs in and out of the cellar and although the frigid temps have passed for now.  I thought I should put them outside if the daytime temps are forecast  above 32F and then make a judgement call depending on the forecast to bring them in at night.  I've dealt with having them come out of dormancy in the cellar early and don't want to deal with that again.  

Good question ,
for me it takes well over a month but i never really paid too much attention but here in my climate they snore real good cause of our temps .
I probably could look at some of mine on disk where the pics are stored as they are dated .
I start the fig shuffle with mine in mid march depending on daily highs and back in at night despite that we sometimes get snow in april like a few years back then they may get stuck in garage until temps moderate once again.

Fig trees entering deep dormancy are quickly released from that dormancy after only a few days of temperatures between freezing and about 42-44*. After the period of chill releases the tree from their dormant state, they pass unnoticed into a state of quiescence, quiet rest. In this state, they are capable of normal growth, but prevented from doing so as long as temperatures are maintained at/below 42-44*. How quickly the trees are stimulated to growth by rising soil temperatures depends in part on how high those soil temps actually get, but usually 3-4 days at temperatures in the 45-55* range is enough to force the onset of growth, which also happens to make the tree very susceptible to chill injury. Once the onset of growth has begun, it's best to save the tree from freezing or quickly falling temps.

Al 

Al
In early spring the temperatures fluctuate at and above freezing in many locations and the plants start showing the whitish-yellow growth at the terminals, and there is always risk of failing to do the shuffle (in & out).
My question is if it will be less damaging to allow the whitish-yellow growth on fig plants in cellar or garage than accidentally exposing the plants to temperatures near freezing if taken out in early spring?

The problem I have is I'm trying to keep them from waking up in a cellar that is pretty warm at around 55F.  I don't want them to wake up so I try to bring them outside when I can.  I was wondering if its worse if I have them in the cellar for three days at 55F and then bring them outside when the temps can be anywhere from 32-45F.  Today I brought them back in when temps are predicted to go done to single digits tonight.  The temp dropped so fast that by the time I was bringing them in it was already 29F.  So now they are back at 55 and I'm thinking that might be worse to have this temperature fluctuation.

In my area of Southern Paradise....my trees inside my garage are leafing out now slowly.  My Noire de Caromb has 4 breba on them the size of your thumb.  I hate it!  My LSU Late Black is almost leafed out allong with Desert King and a few others.  I have a therometer in my garage and today the temp is 55 degree.  But 2 weeks ago, it was 62 in there which prompted them to start growing again.  Those in my GH are trying to leaf out too but I keep the temp down by leaving the vent and door open.  Spring comes in my area in March but we always have a cold snap in April right around Easter.  Two years ago, spring came in February.  Looks like the same might happen this year.  Hoping my trees can hang in there till March when we have steady 60 degree temps!

Weekly feedings of Ambien dissolved in a little water usually keep my trees comatose until late February. A quick snort of espresso jump starts the leafing process.

Just kidding.

Seriously though, I wonder if any studies have been done as to how much root growth there is during dormancy.

Since many have problems with dormancy and there figs waking early from dormancy i can do this.

 I'll store fig plants for cheap  -send all your dark ones only.
Depending on how many you send determines storage fee , send em in Oct and i make em go dormant till mid March.
No white figs allowed in my garage.

I Promise to show pictures your trees and of of me eating there figs in late August.  ; )
Any white types appear they get trashed at owners expense.

Come October again i resend another storage fee bill.

LOL Martin. What if those "dark varieties" are in 25-30 gallon pots. Do you cover the shipping fee? :)

Ok, everybody send all their Zergas black figs to Martin for storage and label them extremely rare black fig. Hehehehe......

Navid no no !
Snagll so you got Zergas figs ?  your officially banned !

Martin, now I have to do a major root pruning of those "dark varieties", to ship them to you without paying a fortune. ;)

Thats ok i can get them big again .   ; )

I had a burn party with my Zergas figs. And 3 out of the 4 trees I got from TyTy turned out to be Celeste. They went up in flames too! We live and learn.

There you go  Dennis no needs for those plants at all .
Heck they are worse then white figs in my book!