Hello everyone!

With some thermal breaks coming through, 40, 35f, I am wondering about my plants in 5 gallon pots.

At around what temperature will it ruin figs that are growing?

Around what temperature will the leaves drop? Is this different for each type because of cold hardiness?

When the leaves drop, does this mean the plant has gone dormant, or just an affect from the cold night?

I have some real nice looking figs growing that probably need anywhere from a day, to a week or two, and will bring some in if necessary.

Thanks again, Mike.

I just did the fig shuffle with mine right now lol. They have too much greenwood still to risk a frost I think. They are saying frost warning and definite 36°F.

Thanks Pino

  Very, helpful, Mike

All my small baby plants, and my Black Madiera went in last night, and again tonight.
zone 5 in central MA

I bring the fig plants in when the temp gets in the mid 30's at night. Shortly thereafter I start watering them less. 

Hi Mike, It doesn't look like our Local temps will be lower than 50 for the next 2 weeks.  I have a bunch of unripen figs and I am still holding out hope.  But that hope is lessening with each day.  I am trying to decide whether to keep the 100+ unripe figs as Brebas or to pick them and focus on next year's growth.

I have four baby Celeste fig tree, not even a year old and I live in Zone 7 ,Long branch,NJ, should I take them in now, they have no fruit on them? Should I bring my olders ones in, I have two one year olds, a two year old and a three year old,I thought when the leaves fall off you should bring them in? Thank you for your help

Zone 7- Long Branch NJ

acient3  by in do you mean as a dormant plant in a area that doesent get much below freezing or in a warm place to continue growing? 
Most of the figs as celest can stand temp below freezing, 25 degrees above 0 is probably safe for all.
The cold while outside will start dormancy  then keep them in a cool area.   There are many posts on this forum on winter storage.  My opinion is not to try to see how cold they can take, I cram mine in an insulated area that has a thermostat set to 32 degrees.

bill e  , Md

Hi acient3,
It is still too soon. You could wait until November to put them inside.
It is important to keep the sheltered time as short as possible, or the trees may wake up while in storage and that's a drama to handle.