Pretty much all of mine have come out of dormancy, but they’re also inside an unheated poly tunnel. There are a handful that haven’t woken, but I’m too nervous to pull them out and check their roots. I just figured I’d keep waiting. 
But of the ones that have woken, they’re either flushing out green growth, forming figlets already, or I see the buds swelling on them.
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If in a pot I’d imagine by end of April, then again sometimes a fig tree will seem dead, and then after a very long time have vegetation. One year one of our fig trees did not wake up until September. I have never seen anything like that before.
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It’s been super nice weather here, in the 80s. I have no buds what so ever, no leaves no nothing. I did receive cutting from someone and they are growing but my trees from last year are not showing me anything which is why I went and checked roots on some. They are all in pots and outside, they were outside in the winter too but I had them covered with the greenhouse plastic material. I’m not sure what went wrong, could fig rust kill them? They did have some signs of it early winter but then they went into dormancy.
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Oh wow maybe mine are a bit stunted then, I have heard they take a long time to come back but I didn’t think it’d be this long, plus I’m not sure how to water and fertilize when they aren’t showing me signs of life.
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I think that a fig tree when shocked because of it’s nature stays dormant. I had the same problem with a pomegranate as well. I think that you should make sure that it’s in the shade, and only water when the surface of the soil is dry. Unless you are having temperatures 85 degrees or hotter, if so water very lightly each day around 5 something pm or later in the evening when it’s cooler
Our current weather has been ranging from 80-90 so it’s been pretty warm but I keep my trees in the shade by the house.
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Not the best kind of weather for a stressed out tree to be recovering although they should recover.
I sure hope so!!! I really enjoy watching my trees grow.
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my in ground figs are alive but not awake yet either. I’m a dry zone 7a
give them time
my greenhouse and potted figs are all working hard and leafed out, the ones in ground scratch very green and have buds not open yet.
the sad ones are living all together in one spot so i can keep an eye on them.
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My mother in law got me this unidentified fig last year at like a trader joes or whatever. I put it in a 5 gallon bucket in July and left it outside. It produced small fruit that didn’t quite set fully last year, either fell off or got small and yellow and wrinkled and then fell off. I kept it overwinter in my basement under artificial lights, so it got cool but not cold and came out of dormancy very early. It now has a few fruit on it from last year’s growth; I think that’s a breba crop, if I have my concepts correct?
I wish I knew what kind it was so I had a better sense of if it was possibly hardy here. Hoping to actually taste from fruit from it too, though since I don’t know what kind it is I don’t know how to tell when ripe. In the meantime, I’ve put it in a 10 gallon bucket and left it outside since we’re having a very warm spring; I plan to bring it inside on nights under 40F. If the squirrels etc get it, I may have to begin committing felonies against small creatures.
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All figs are ripe when soft all the way up the neck
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The wife and i had appointments at Mt Vernon hospital a couple days ago and on the way out we came across this marvelous fig tree. No name tags on anything on the hospital grounds so could be anything. Just now popping some buds and loaded with breba.
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Montifiore? Maybe we should take some cuttings 
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Maybe worth watching this year. Ill put some reminders in my calendar.
I think its too late for scions this year but would be up for it next .
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@scottfsmith this would be in zone 7a and aparently its got a breba going. i’ll probably grab some cuttings in fall i can send some to try out if its good
My money is on that location being why it’s doing well .. protected from wind by buildings and with plenty of surfaces that will retain heat.
If you want to find the mythical super-hardy fig, travel to the end of the rainbow 
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Ok group - neophyte grafter here - wondering what to do. My plan was to hack this very mature DK down to this size and then bark graft in a bunch of varieties, but sap flow is pretty high so I’m worried my plan will be a failure at this point. Should I have done this week’s ago? We had what’s likely our last brief frost last night (-.2°C) here on Southern Vancouver Island, and leaves are just starting to break. What’s my next move to save this grafting operation? TIA
flooding is a common complication in grafting figs. I have no advice since I dont know how to do it, but i have heard people complaining about it. might be the keyword to look up
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You can saw a day ahead of grafting, see if that stops flow. Or I have grafted then immediately slashed diagonal cuts in bark like I was tapping a rubber tree, just below the graft on two sides.
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