Hi,
I decided to put a couple of young fig trees in my crawl space this year. The tempature is in the 50's.
I was wondering if anyone has done this. The trees are dormant.
How often should I water the trees?

I'd check the soil often and manually then decide if it need to be watered or not.

Sounds to me like a great place for them provided getting to them to water is not much trouble.  Mine figs typically require water around the three week mark, sometimes four weeks.  Like Aaron said, you'll have to check them regularly to see what they needed.  Usually a pattern will appear if you keep track.

Sounds like a great place for the trees.  Ditto on what the gentlemen above me answered.

Be sue to set mouse traps all around and check them often. Mice could chew up your tree bark.

"Crawl space" can mean different things. Could you get other vermin in there?

OMG, mice... so true... they can feast on fig shoots all winter long, be aware.

Depending on how homes are constructed and insulated in your area, a crawl space could be way too warm in the winter or way too cold.  A lot more information is needed to make that decision.  Does your area insulate the foundation walls, or the furnace duct work, or floor, or vents, or ground cover,  or a combination of those?   I like the initial thought of using the crawl space but think more thought needs to be put into it. JMO

50 deg F is a bit on the warmer side and it may start going up in early March waking up the plants from dormancy with whitish shoots showing up draining some plant resources until it is time  to move them out in your area (which is about two weeks before us). If it was possible to isolate the crawl space from the home heat diffusing to the crawl space, it could help lower the crawl space temperature and help sustain dormancy longer.

Hi all,

Thank you so much for your feedback. I just got back from Las Vegas and was unable to reply sooner.
I am going to take my chances with taking the fig trees out of the crawl space and making shelves in the basement and closely monitor the soil moisture. I can not afford to lose these trees because they are hard to replace.

I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

As a former resident of the greater Chicago area I can say that it gets cold there. I would have a heating back up plan and a remote thermometer in the crawl space.