Smungung
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Posted 1446602975
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I recently received a plant from SuperMario1 it was a small hardy Chicago the tree can't really be over wintered because it is very small and it would most likely die. I will grow to tree indoors through winter my only question is would the tree have irregular behavior after it spends long amounts of time without dormancy. Does anyone that grows plants indoors have problems after you move the plant outside? Some leaves appear to be curling as well. I will move it to a larger container soon.
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OldOneEye
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Posted 1446665559
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I've overwintered some of my figs in a sunny window in the past, and they came out of dormancy and leafed out months ahead of time. When the weather warmed and I put them back outside they just seemed to adapt and continued as normal. Honestly, since figs are from the middle east/mediterranea they get by fine with an extra long growing season. They are grown in places where they never lose their leaves at all, just ask any fig growers in southern Florida.
BronxFigs
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Posted 1446667987
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More often than not, these inside-grown plants, when placed back outside into bright light, will sun-scald. Damaged leaves will drop off and then a new set of leaves will sprout, ready to take all the sun they can get.
Rewton
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I have overwintered many small figs in front of south facing windows and then transitioned them to the outdoors in the Spring. You definitely want to keep them in the shade for the first couple days and then very slowly increase sun exposure. Sometimes what seems to happen is that around December or January they enter a pseudo-dormant state while still retaining their leaves. Basically they stop growing and just sit there. When they are transitioned to the outdoors it takes them a while to get going again (and often lose the old leaves) but they do.
