Hello everyone, my only two white marseilles cuttings/baby trees are looking very sad....Yesterday I decided it was time to transplant some of my figs to a bigger pot. I had them in clear plastic cups and while roots where not coming out of all of them, I could see the roots. I live in the southwest and the temperatures right now are nice. I had them inside the house inside a plastic bin but I had already completely removed the cover for at least 2 weeks . I decided to transplant them now because next week it will get considerably warmer and right now we are in the low -mid 80s during the day and mid 50s during the night . I transplanted them to 1 gal pots and used the Penningtons Natural organic garden soil ( I did not buy it because it said organic but because it was nicely priced and I liked the fact that the first ingredient was finely composted bark and then peat moss and compost) I also added some sand not alot but a couple handfuls for each pot and I mixed one of the small bags of perlite and mixed it all in with one bag of the Penningtons "soil" plus some shredded western cedar bark chips and some peat moss and moisture control miracle grow I had left. Honestly I didn't measure anything I just wanted it to have good drainage. After I transplanted each I left them in the porch where they get indirect sunlight all day maybe a little morning sun but that's about it. I had already taken them out when they were in the bin for a whole day and nothing happened. Then I stopped doing that because it was very windy/dusty for a couple of days. Some of the figs had less roots and are doing fine. I decided to water them again this morning and put a plastic bag on them to see if it helped but they are looking so sad and they looked so nice and healthy yesterday ... I have been going outside to check on them every hour or so but I think I am going to stop... I am afraid to overwater them at this point... Is there anything else I could do? Thanks in advance !

They look humidity shocked. Spray em and keep that bag on!

Ross told you the right thing! You got to acclimate the plant after being in all that humidity. Start out punching a small single hole hole in the plastic. Then as time goes punch another hollllllle then another until you can take the cover off without it wilting. I use a pencil.............. Hope this helps Bud. 

When you transfer to new pot always keep it in a cool totally shady area. No sunlight at all even morning sun. They will come back and recover.
When i cut a airlayer of of a tree. I put it under a table thay is under a big tree that never get sun and stays cool. They need adjustment time. Good luck and everyone's feedback should help you. :)

Thank you Ross frank and figpig! I decided to put them in a container with water so that they could soak water from the bottom for like 20 min. and made a makeshift greenhouse if you can call it that to block any wind and or sunlight I also sprayed some water on the floor to up the humidity.

Anyways thanks again I really appreciate you taking the time to help out :-)

I would disagree, to me the growth looks weak, and could not stand the strain of being outside. Nothing to do with humidity. I certainly would never leave them in standing water. You'll drown the roots. If the branch doesn't recover the plant will put out another. I never had such weak growth on a fig where the branch itself droops.
When I see leaves suffering from being used to humidity, and taken out too soon, the leaves usually curl and brown at the edges, not droop. To me it looks like the roots were damaged in transplant and need time to recover. I have seen leaf stems droop when roots are suffering.  Figs are different than most plants, when young and transplanting do not disturb the root ball. When older not a problem. Beans are like this too, why you direct sow them. Young plants cannot be transplanted. Figs are kinda like this when young. I would say when you transplanted them the root ball broke up a little.
When I root cuttings I root them in a shoe size box, with moss. When rooted I just pot them up and don't wean them from humidity. Sometimes any formed leaves die, or become damaged but the plant always recovers. As long as it has enough roots. Some with just a few roots could use to be weaned, or left to form more roots, else they will not make it.
When taken out you need to pay attention the roots, not foliage. Not too wet, not bone dry, but let them dry some.

I think they will recover, definitely not a lost cause. I've seen worse that have made it. The plant is definitely still adjusting. 2 weeks still isn't a ton of time for the plant to adjust to dryer air. Try a bit of silica blast to help toughen up the cell walls. I use this in my water for all of my new cuttings that have feeder roots and leaves.

I'm not sure if you damaged the roots during the potting process but there's 2 things that can shock a plant.

1. Coming out of a humidity bin to dryer air before it's ready - shocks the leaves
2. Up potting and then a massive amount of water - shocks the roots

Unlike established plants, I've learned that for uppotting my new cuttings pre moistened soil is better than top watering them, I try to match how moist the soil is to the cup they are coming out of.

In the bin the leaves do not require that much up take of water from the roots so they require much less watering. Basically the roots do not have to work as hard to feed moisture to the leaves since the humidity is high the leaves pull water of the high humidity are. Judging by the dampness of your soil the influx of water to the roots upset the balance it had created in the bin, the roots aren't used to dealing with much water...yet

Try not to add any more water to your soil until it begins to dry out little (the soil drying will actually help the plant produce new roots that will be better suited to the new soil) and leave the bag on. To slowly acclimate the plant wait until it perks up then cut larger holes in the bag every few days.

As Drew said newly rooted cuttings are sensitive, you shouldn't have any problem up potting new cuttings as long as their environment (soil and humidity) stay relatively close to what they've been living in.

But shock doesn't = death or lost cause. It's more of a set back.
Good Luck!

Thank you for all the info Drew and Ben! I just let them alone and did put some extra protection from the elements where they were in the porch of my house and they seem to be doing better ! Ben I will look into the silica blast, thanks for that tip. The gillete cuttings ( not cuttings anymore but very small 'trees' in the making) that you sent me are doing very well thanks again! they rooted so fast! and the Vashon Violet roted, but the one you sent me last week is doing well!

I have become a lil fig obsessed, my family thinks I am crazy but they love seeing the process. Now I'm waiting for some more Brown turkeys, Celeste, 2 green ischia 1 Osborne prolific, and a VdB that already has 2 very small leaves but seems to be very slow, plus an air layer from the brown turkey tree, I might try more just to see if they take.

Anyway I hope everyone is having a great growing season and thanks again for taking the time to share the knowledge!