I stuck a bunch of mostly green wood cuttings into potting soil over the summer.  Now I've got 11 cuttings surviving.  Most of the plants were transplanted into 1 gallon pots a month or so ago (and noted to have at least some roots).  The smallest cutting only has 2 small leaves, and the biggest has grown 6+ inches and has 7 medium sized leaves.  

Should I let my collection of small fig plants go dormant, or would it be better to keep them growing inside?  I'm mostly concerned about the plants just making it through the winter.  I'm guessing the small 2-leaf plant wouldn't fare too well in the garage over the winter.  Maybe the bigger 6ish inch plants would be ok going dormant and leaving in the garage?

the larger plants should be fine but in all honesty if there is only 2 leaves on some and they already look sad they won't make it. I had some rooted cuttings from davis that looked sad and they didn't make it last winter I think FMV played a big role in it though. Bringing plants inside can be a hassle for some people. You don't want to bring bugs in your home or supply artificial lighting and raise your power bill. So unless they are very rare I'd let them do their thing and go dormant then store them somewhere sheltered. Hope this helps. 

If you can put them inside where there can continue to grow over the winter, go for it. That will not hurt them. Getting them up to decent size is a good thing.

With my Black Madeira air-layers, I greenhouse them all winter, even though they are well rooted, so that they don't get knocked back.

I wouldn't call my cuttings rare. They are from unknown figs that have managed to survive winters around here. They could be brown turkeys for all I know. I went to the trouble of salvaging them from trees that were dug up by new homeowners who didn't want them, so I do have some interest in ensuring that they make it far enough along to see what the fruit is like.

It sounds like my best course of action is to bring the smaller ones in under grow lights. I don't have space for all of them under my planned grow light setup (a starter 4 foot fluorescent grow light and stand). If the bigger ones will be OK, they'll be migrating to the garage when they go dormant.

Johnny - I'm in the same boat. Have 6 in the house right now and will probably add 4 to 6 more before it's time to put them away. Rare or not, if you have a vested interest in the plant, take them inside. Keep 'em by a window or under lights, whatever works better for you.

Hi jkuo,
Be prepared for gnats if you bring them inside - not mentionning over watering and killing them because of that.
I have some as well, and the plan is to wait until dormant - as late as possible so around 1st December hopefully - and bury them in compost in an eighty liters trashcan. The trashcan will be left outside.
Whether they do it or not, I'll leave it on fate - I'm in Zone7, my flat is a shady one and Winters are long enough here that I'll kill them by over watering or over heating the room or global humidity or any other mysterious reason.
The plan is then to unbury them in March or April after our big frosts here ,that are usually around 20th of February, - I'm hoping they'll make it although some look already like going nuts .
But while there is life, there is hope ! And if they are planned to get lost, so will it be :( .
A young rooted cutting is a fragile thing !

Somebody said they use a layer of sand on bottom and top of the potted cuttings to keep gnats away.   I have a few rooted fig cuttings potted indoors with this method and it seems to be working so far.

The wood/roots have to have a a certain level of development before they are tough enough to survive a dormant period.  It mostly depends on how long the roots have been growing.  If the tops look like they are brown instead of green wood and are somewhat lignified, it's likely the the roots are OK as well.  If you have 11 of them, but the end of the winter/spring they will be larger than you think if you grow them inside. 

What are your garage conditions like?  What temperature.  Does it get below freezing?  If it stays between 30 and 45 degrees pretty consistently in your garage, then I think they will do fine there over the winter.  I would keep maybe a couple inside but let the rest go dormant and put in your garage.  And I bet most of them will survive and be ready to go come March/April.  

However, if your garage gets into the 20s to the point where the 1 gallon pots will freeze solid, that could be a problem.   

I plan to bring the few young plants I have into the house when it gets colder and stays colder. We are having some cooler nights but its been warming back up.

I have a small storage closet off of my back deck. I plan on stacking about 30 3 gal pots in there (3 shelves plus floor). I up potted them only a month or two ago so they are my most fragile cuttings that I started last March. I know it will hard freeze in there so I will wrap them all with Christmas lights to keep them warm. If they can stay around 30 degrees I think they'll be ok. I'll leave them outside until they get a few frosts to drop their leaves and hopefully garden the new wood. Fingers crossed.

I understand you all want your plants to live and bringing them inside is solely up to the grower. like jdsfrance said just beware of gnats if you bring your plants in. Charlie my plants didn't like the 1/2 inch layer of sand and I've heard others say the same thing. the only thing that worked for my infestation was Gnatrol WDG & yellow stick traps. The gnat's larvae are hell on young plants and can kill all your rooted cuttings quick. as soon as you see even 1 flying around your soil take action. Also a word to all the newbies keeping plants growing inside this year. Your plants will be accustomed to the lights you are growing them under. When you take your plants out in spring they will get sunburnt if not sheltered the first few weeks outside. Sunburn believe it or not can also kill your plants. 

What did the plants do to make you say they didn't like the sand?

Still debating with myself over a winter indoors grow room.  Not sure what to do or not do.  

Hi Charlie,
When watering the sand will suck water and keep the top soil moist - at least that was the problem that I saw in my test pot.
Gnats would as well find their way in the dirt from the bottom of the pot ...
So I stopped using sand.

Neem oil knocks gnats right out, in my experience. I use band pots with a mostly open bottom, lightly saturate the top and bottom of the soil and voila, no more gnats.

Another F4F member taught me a method of controlling gnats by putting 1 gal pots into knee high, queen size nylons. Use twist tie at the top. 100% effective.

I never would have thought to wrap with nylons.  I'm going to have try that, right after I explain to my wife that the nylons are for my plants and not for a strange clothing habit.

Great idea, Danny.  Is it hard for water to get through them?

Frank - This is new for me.  I got the idea from a F4F member.  At the time I was fighting gnats and using a variety of different methods which were not working.  I dismissed the idea until I recently brought a few rooted cuttings into the house.  Of course the gnats started again and I started to go insane!  I went back and was reading some of my older threads and was going to start a regimen of the usual remedies until I found a post by someone regarding the nylons.  I reached out to him and he said that he uses the nylons regularly with great success!  After a few back and forth PM's I went to Target and bought a cheap pack of knee high nylons in XL (Queen).  They come 8 to a pack.  I placed the nylons on the pots and voila, no gnats.  :)  I did observe the little buggers jumping around under the nylons, though.  I took the plant outside, opened the nylon, treated with Gnatrol and closed it back up.  The plants seem to be happy.  Going to wait until the pots are a little lighter and do it again.  Sorry about the long explanation but to answer your question about watering through the nylons, here is what he wrote when I asked:

"It works perfect for me. I've never seen a gnat on the surface under the nylon. I don't use kitty litter anymore just the potting mix because I've found they cannot get through the nylon anyway. With regards to watering it is tricky because the water will just bead off the nylon so I just dip the pot in a pail of water half way for a few seconds..... let it drip the excess out and that's it. If I do ever water from the top I slowly pour with my finger pressing the nylon onto the soil surface (that contact will allow the water to go through the nylon). I think watering from the bottom is better for them anyways.