So I tried something new. Bark still not slipping so I just gently shaved off the bark to expose the cambium and used grafting tape to secure the tbud into place. We'll see next spring if this works. In theory it should work just the same as a tbud, right?? Who on this form has the tag line from Nietzsche about failures and how they inform us? Love that quote.
Maybe my experiment will fail. But I had fun trying and next year we will know for sure if it works!