Ive havent had any luck tbudding or cleft grafting figs. That being said I dont think I went about it the right way either. Here are afew lessons I learned. When attempting any kind of graft on a fig, graft it to a branch, not the main trunk. I learned that the hard way! Next lesson is to completely wrap the bud or scion is cleft grafting with a film of some sort. The bud will push its way through the film when its ready. Also leave the tape/film on the graft for a whole growing season until there is no doubt the graft has taken. And finally wrap the grafted unions tight and cover with foil until it heals over. These are all the things I didnt do consistently and the main reasons my grafts probably failed. For me, fig grafts are not as easy as citrus. The inverted Tbud graft on citrus is so easy a cave man could do it and most all of them take! Not so for figs!