three small trees from JR. They are not completely bare root but only small amount of "dirt" with them and no leaves. These came from Louisiana. Do you pot them up and put them in the garage or pot them up and put them outside to insure they stay dormant? We are to be in the 50's for lows and mid-upper 60's for highs for the next week. After that we may get back to winter. Who knows.

Check the roots really well for RKN before you pot them up. Bare-root trees like to leaf out pretty soon after potting sometimes so just keep an eye on them and give them sunlight when they start waking up. I would try to keep them as cool as possible until they do though. Sunlight will warm the pots so avoid it while they are still dormant.

I received a Smith's from JR several weeks ago. It was a tall dormant whip. No RNK. Some soil. I potted it up and left outside as I live in the same climate as JR. I took a cutting  after potting and it is now rooting. It needed to be cut back anyway for branching. I do this with a lot of trees. Earlier this year I received a small RDB, took two green cuttings. All three survived, and the original took off. I also once bought a Brown Turkey from a local nursery,rooted 19 cuttings and still have the orginal tree. Cut the cost to about $.75 a tree. I think yours will be fine outside unless this warmer weather messes us up.

Sorry for taking the tread off the original topic but how prevalent is Root Knot Nematodes?  Is this a pest that is wide-spread?

Here I go again with taking the tread off topic:). 

Jake,
I have two green cuttings that I dipped in rooting hormone and have in clear cup setups and under florescent lighting.  Had an RDB that was hit with fungus gnats.  It had been growing well for several months and collapsed.  I took two cuttings from the stems before it died back completely.  How did you treat your green cuttings?  Mine have been in for a week or more but seem to be holding firm.  It is too soon to tell if they will root.  Figured that I had nothing to lose.  I know it is not not the preferred method and I'm assuming that this is due to a low success rate.

Years ago I used to root all green cuttings under a mist system which I no longer have. What I do now is place the cutting in  damp UPM/perlite 50%/50% and place the cup and cutting in a ziplock bag. I use this method on citrus and usually get 100%. Although I have tried it only on a few figs it has also been 100%.