What is 'typical' time (I know, dangerous request) a fig tree spends in a nursery 1 gallon?  I potted up to 1 gallon in late Feb and am wondering if I will need to up pot before winter dormancy.

Thanks!

I guess it depends on how pot bound it is and what you want.  I like big pots since it gives me a little more leeway in terms of watering but my back likes smaller pots when I have to move them.

how fast do you want your tree to grow? i keep mine in 1 gal for a yr or longer. when i move up, i do extensive root work. since they are in 1:1 perlite and seedling soil, it's easy to do this.

however, this also means my trees are growing very slow. first 3 trees i started with were up potted very fast. 1 gal to 3 gal in 2 months. 3 gal to 10 gal in another 4 months. by fall i had enough growth for cuttings.

Thanks for the replies.  So I am guessing the roots fill up the 1 gallon pretty quickly, so for more overall tree growth, up pot sooner. 

You want to allow a vigorous cutting room to continue growing or it will stall. Once roots are crawling out the bottom it is ready to move up.

I have a couple dozen or so planted out. Some were planted as freshly rooted cuttings and some were 3-4 years old. 

I did great with a RdB cutting I planted in June 2012. It grew to 5+ft. the first season, died back to the ground in the winter, then grew to 6+ft with multiple growths last summer and even ripened a half dozen figs. 

It may be just my own routine for my location but I move my 1-gallon potted to 3-gallons around mid-July (sometimes to 5-gallons if growth is fast). They are happy with this and I am happy with them.
I pinched them in 1-galon pot for branching at about 12"~15" height. I pinch them again if they stubbornly insist to branch at the top node.