On Saturday I put my tree out in the sun after having it on the inside and the shade on the outside. when i did put the tree in the sun it begin to wilt only after a few minutes. i brought the tree back on the inside and gave it a little water. Since then my tree is still wilting but not dying yet. everything seems ok except the leaves and new growth are wilting for 4 days now.  what can I do to get it back to normal

No it haven't recovered yet. Tapla on GW told me that i should root prune it because it might have had too much water or salts from fertilizers. When I took the cutting out of the soil the roots were all brown and sticky. I cut off most of the rotten stuff trying to leave as much white roots as possible. The root system seemed to be underdeveloped only rooting from the bottom of the stick.

Do you think that it can recover with little roots mass left to support the growth it already had? Should i cut some of the leaves off to keep them from draining water and energy needed to regrow roots. 

I poked more holes in the bottom since i don't have access to perlite of bark right now. Well I guess i wont be cutting off the leaves since you reminded me that they could help the cutting rebound from this episode. The new growth is really droopy now and is starting to become shriveled and sunken in. Can it really come back this far in to dehydration? Is there anyway to make the cutting grow roots on the upper part of the cutting to allow for more support. the cutting is also moving around as if it has no foundation. This scares me because I imagine that below the surface the roots are being stressed from being pulled by the dirt as the cutting moves freely. And if it does come back will this affect future grow from the stress?

I will just have to wait until one of them read this and respond. I don't want to bug them with something they might see as a simple problem that can easily be solved. If the growth does start to die I will cut it back to see if it will regrow again. I hope it survive this is one of two of my last cuttings.

Thanks tom for your help.

Tmc,

how old is this plant?
after you cut the roots did you put it back in the same wet soil?
If you did it needs to go into dryer potting mix and keep it in the shade. To wet of soil can rot the roots as we tend to over water them when they just root, they dont need a lot of water when first rooted. It may or maynot be too late but time will tell.
Good Luck

the cutting was about 3 weeks old, i thought that by the growth the root system would be more advanced. I did put it in new soil that was right out of the bag so it was still moist. i did put it in some shade.

At this point i would keep it in full shade not some shade.  If any leaves are dried up you can cut off otherwise leave them on and they will tell you what plant is doing. If by chance it does start to come back you have to introduce to sun very slowly and watch for the first hour when doing so, if leaves start to wilt put back in full shade, next day do the same again, eventually you will be able to increase the time in sun but little by little.
I have lost plants dont feel bad we all lose them when first starting out and even the experienced will lose them here and there for some reason or another.

I was wondering why do we have to slowly introduce our cuttings to the sun when in nature the new growth on other trees due just fine. I never seen leaves really wilt for being in the sun. So why do it happen to ours?

Thanks for your advice.

Yes, why? All good advice. I have killed many a small rooted fig this past winter by over-watering!
Figs are flexible but they do not like sudden changes, even something as simple as putting them out into full sun. Generally speaking the plant will establish the right relationship of leaf growth to root mass *after* it is well established.
If those wilted leaves really become dry & papery (tomorrow?)...you will have to cut them off, resist the temptation to over-water, find a way to get more air on those roots, & it should come back fine.
Once it is well established in semi-shade (weeks?) then full sun should be ok?