Yeah it is a touch warmer here......frost free date is March 1.  My Blueberries are blooming and I have quarter size peaches on one tree.  I will have to bring the figs inside tonight as the low is forecast for 30.  

My cup sip mix is 50/50 peat and screened perlite.   The 1 gallon pot mix is the standard 5111....5 parts screened pine fines and 1 part each perlite, peat, Fullers earth and a cup dolomite lime.  

Wills, a couple other thoughts.  Since the roots are concentrated on the bottom and are used to being in moist conditions it make make sense to water from the bottom, at least for a while.  Alternatively, your suggestion about watering from the top prior to transplantation could actually be a good practice.  Perhaps a couple of weeks prior to transplantation you could help prepare the roots for their new environment by letting the lower reservior dry up (or nearly dry up) and only water from the top.

That is probably a good idea and if there is an issue I will try that but bottom watering the 1 gallons is a bit inconvenient.  They are on a timer with an overhead sprinkler so I don't have to water manually.  So far they seem happy and I hope that continues to be the case.