It needs to go dormant before a hard freeze. I would up pot it and bring it in to an area such as an unheated garage and let it go dormant. I would then plant it in the spring after the last recorded frost date for previous years in your area. My soil is red clay, I would plant it in a hole three times larger than the pot, or more. Amend the soil with compost and the soil removed from the planting hole, mixed thoroughly. If water stands, mound the soil. Plant the tree four inches deeper than it was in the pot. If your ground freezes, this will help protect the roots. Also, the buried stem will root and the plant will grow better.. You could also plant the tree maybe a month or so after it goes dormant. You must protect it from the cold this first year if you do. The figs on it now will drain energy that it needs to survive the first winter since it is not established in the ground. For any plant to thrive, you must take care of the roots first or nothing else will matter.

Guess I'll just have to give everything a really good inspection with possible unpotting before I move things inside! At least earwigs are big and obvious... Now to find a place to put them all this winters... my collection has outgrown my existing plant table and my son has adopted it as a Lego station....

Mine are still outdoors, with temps being higher than usual, but few nights have been quite cold - just a bit over 30*F. I am still taking chance, since the cold lasted usually only for hour, two or three. I have way too many to bring inside, it is always a struggle to fit them in. I have some that I try to put 'to sleep' since they are just too large to keep growing - few fig trees, brugmansias. Some are easier since their bulbs or corms can be overwintered totally dry. Every year I promise myself to get rid of some, but it isn't easy! I can't resist buying new, interesting plants. Found some SA bulbs and they had very nice flowers:I hope they will overwinter same as other bulbs - stored dry (like Shamrock Oxalis tetraphylla, Amophophallus, Sauromatum...) This 'shrimp plant' has been given to me about 6yrs ago, it looks quite bad during last few mo of winter indoors. This year it really took off and grew quite large:Big problem are large plants - olives, Bouganvelia, bay trees, loquat trees, passion flower, rosemary, elephant ears....

Thanks for getting back to me peeps! I like when u call a plant out by name and say "my ....... is sensitive so I being that in early" and "ive found that the........ can stay out later, it doesnt mind the cold as much".. I should have cross posted better and been more detailed in my question. I have a couple tropical plants, a couple begonias, some succulents, and then the regular foliage house plants like the spider plants, peace lillies, pothos, snake plants. I also have some in betweeners where I'm not sure if I should try to overwinter them as houseplants or go dormant, or cuttings, or just let em go. Anyone have success with gerbera daisies, dahlias, or any of the above?