verb
- to graft (a plant) by uniting it with another plant while both are still rooted in soil
Usage: horticulture; also called approach grafting or inarching
Examples
- The gardener decided to inarch the young citrus tree to the established rootstock.
- Inarching allows two plants to fuse while maintaining their own root systems during the grafting process.
- To inarch successfully, the gardener kept both plants in their pots until the graft had taken.
- The technique of inarching is particularly useful for plants that are difficult to graft by other methods.