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Broke dormancy on manageable size potted figs

I broke the dormancy cycle on some of my rarer varieties I'm in zone 7 NJ Black Madeira, CdDG and a few others, I did this about ten days ago, these thing literally just went nuts in the sun room of my house, I already have figlets all over the CdDG it's insane, my hope is to get some of these late varieties to go early so I could eat them before it gets cold again, i missed out on all my BM last year! Is there anything I need to know about doing this, I put them outside on days above 60, and bring them in at night, it's been a rediculously warm winter this year, so I figured why not!
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This might be the year a lot of the northerners get to try figs that otherwise wouldn't ripen in time. Hopefully this warm streak continues for yall.

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I have both trees in ground and they are very late ripeners. They could use all the heat and sun you've got. Temperatures in the 60s slow them down. You need 70s +
If they are happy inside in your sun room, I'd wait until you get 70s outside. IMO, extreem changes in temperature is not helpful for fruit ripening. Even if you take them outside when warm conditions allow to, you might have to continue to provide the warmth that they need by again taking them inside in the fall, to allow the fruit to ripen.
I'm in zone 8b and October is the earliest month I'd expect these two to ripen. Good Luck.

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I have both trees in ground and they are very late ripeners. They could use all the heat and sun you've got. Temperatures in the 60s slow them down. You need 70s +
If they are happy inside in your sun room, I'd wait until you get 70s outside. IMO, extreem changes in temperature is not helpful for fruit ripening. Even if you take them outside when warm conditions allow to, you might have to continue to provide the warmth that they need by again taking them inside in the fall, to allow the fruit to ripen.
I'm in zone 8b and October is the earliest month I'd expect these two to ripen. Good Luck.



Will the sun thru the window be sufficient?
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I started some trees early indoors last year, struck out with a few but my black madeira fruited in September which would be considered early for Seattle. The transition to outdoors is tricky. The leaves that form indoors have very little tolerance for the full sun outdoors and can burn and fall off which will set your plant back in forming new leaves and further delay your possibility of ripe figs.

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I agree with Ben, with pots it's tricky. One of things that might help is to keep the pot sheltered from direct sun to prevent overheating of roots while allowing the tree to benefit from as much sun as possible.
As for leaves they should be able to handle full sun within a couple of weeks from being outside.
If the above scenario is not possible then you might have to settle for partial sun when in pot. The most important thing that I found was that pots in full sun tend to heat fairly quickly and this does affect not only fruiting but the quality of fruit.

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