I have my plants in the washroom stacked, covered individually with contractor bags, and the area surrounded by a tarp.

  I uncovered a couple and noticed some albino growth @2"-3" here and there.

Should these be clipped, left alone or uncovered. The plants have not been watered and the soil is damp.

I have also noticed bits of root growth above the soil. Are they too dark and moist? but then again wouldn't light accelerate growth?

Is this just normal and clip/leave them?

 Thanks, Mike

They are too warm to stay dormant. Leave the growth, but you will have to acclimate them slowly to full sun when they go outdoors.

Thanks,

 Should I take the bags off if they are coming out of dormancy already?

I don't think they can go outside until April.

Mike

You can either get them to around 30 - 50 degrees and stop the growth or you have to light them so the growth isn't weak and lanky.  It's almost impossible to give you good advice without your zone and approximate location.

Wallingford 6b, down the road from Mario.

I think I will be busy with my snow day tomorrow. Going to have to uncover and check them out

Not sure if I can isolate the area to get the temps down.

 I can see it now. fig trees in the living room, family room, extra room, bedrooms and the bath tub to get to them all.

 Remember in the Blues Brothers when the Missus finds John and she has the machine gun?

I swear its' not my fault, there was an earthquake, a terrible flood, a new fig. Something like that, lol.

Not really a joke. The last order had $5 show up on Paypal and the wife looked exactly like her.

Thanks for the help, Mike

I am going through the same stuff, Mike
Just ordered this 4ft by 18 inch grow light for the garage This is getting insane! Figs are taking over everywhere

Hey Guys. Early last spring I got a couple of UK fico bianco varieties from a friend/shop owner near me. It was their first winter in dormancy. He's a senior from the old country who's been growing figs his entire life. He runs a small garden centre type of store in a little stand alone building with a dingy, cold dark basement. This is where he overwinters his figs. Both of the ones I got had some of this "albino" growth that occurred in early spring. He made a point of saying that he stopped watering with this happens to "keep them down".

I took these home, potted up to 5 gal containers and they went straight to my back yard. Within a week the white growth became green - then later on brown. It all developed into healthy branches. 

In this case nothing was cut off and there was no extra measure put in place to bring the plant right out of dormancy by means of extra light or heat.

These are those trees after maybe a month I think...

 

Just my own experience....Hope it helps.

Thank Joe,

Everything helps.

What do you mean covered with bags? How warm is this washroom? I keep mine in the unfinished basement at about 45 degrees in total darkness, no coverings. I find the figs do fine if you break off the white shoots, however. They are resilient. Otherwise, allow the leggy shoots to come in but pinch them back as soon as other more legitimate nodes break bud. Perhaps they are exposed to too much light where you currently have them. As someone else mentioned, cut back on the water to slow the growth 

Covered in construction bags, surrounded by tarps, and the washroom is too warm. Dormancy learning curve.

To get the washroom under 40F, the house would have to be 50F. No light exposure and the trees have not been watered since storage.

My first fig remedy is to turn the house temp down to 50F so the wife moves out and they can all go in the living room, bathroom etc..

Realistic plan; ignoring them (5 gl pots)another week or two, as the growth found was minimal.  I figure I can buy this bit of time till the buds start to open. I was planning on Spring trimming to slow growth and force closer nodes in the pots

I will expose/find the smaller pots to light. I feel pretty sure I will have to uncover them and get them light soon, another challenge. 

I see @ 40-45F is ideal for storage.

Another question; When/what temperature do you start to uncover/unwrap/expose in-ground plants? I am in Connecticut 6b. They are tied, have R-30 insulation, leaves and black plastic over them. I am thinking later than mid-April they could cook on a nice day or two.

Thanks again, Mike.

I'd say watch your overnight temperatures.
My feeling is that If temperatures won't dip below the 50s, then I feel confident that no damage will occur.

Unfortunately that would be late May.

I have heard late April early May, but three years ago, maybe two, we had a light frost in the third week of May

Here, late April/early May, daytime temps can be mid 50's - 80 F, with chances of mild frost anytime.

Typical New England weather.

Mike

I don't cover my trees anymore, and it looks like 40s don't bother them. Next few days we will have a low of 40 and I have lots of trees in pot with leaves already.
If the temperature climbs back during the day then it's no big deal.

Good to know.

 Thanks Sas.