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When should I plant this tree?

I bought two fig trees online and they showed up today. My question is, when should I plant them? They look dormant so would it be best to keep them in my garage or should I plant them now and hope they make it through the winter? Each tree is about 4ft tall.

If you are in a warm climate area with little chance for a freeze, plant them now.  Otherwise wait.

It will freeze so I'll wait till spring to plant them. How should I store them for the winter?

You'll want to keep the storage temps no lower than 35°F and no higher than say 45-50°.

Hi Goldy

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Thanks for all the replies so far.  My question now is what do I do with the trees for the winter?  Should I plant them in a bucket and keep them watered?

Hi Goldy. If the plants are dormant (leaves have turned yellow and fell off)
just find a cool, dark spot in a basement, or wrap them
up in burlap or other breathable dark fabric, and put them somewhere cool
to keep them dormant until spring.
Give each of the plants 1 cup of water for Christmas, and again for Valentine's
day. That's it! You don't need to change their pots.
When the night temps in your area stay above 40 degrees, unrap the plants
and leave them out. If there's a late frost coming, bring them in
for the night, or roll them up in burlap again.
When the night temperatures don't drop below 50, and the buds are starting
to swell, take them out of their pots, untangle the bottom quarter of the roots,
plant them in a hole 3 times as wide, and 2" deeper than their depth in the pots.
Don't fertilize when you plant, just mulch, then water every 3 days for 6 weeks.

They won't make it through your winter, but after a summer of growth they'll
stand a better chance.

For more information, do a search on topics regarding winter storage.

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