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[Claude Jolicoeur <cjoli@gmc.ulaval.ca>]

I agree, I use them also.
However, they have to be carefully installed, otherwise, if they are not
tight enough, some damage can occur. See this interesting picture of one of
my young trees:
http://grou.ps/groworganicapples/photos/aHR0cDovL2dyb3UucHMvdXNlcmltYWdlcy9n
cm93b3JnYW5pY2FwcGxlcy8yMDA5MDQxOTIzNDI1NS16YWxteHRkeWFjZWF6d3didS5qcGc,

The tree would have died without the guard...

Claude

A 07:36 09.08.07 -0500, vous avez écrit :
>    I use plastic spiral wrap on my trees.  I put it on in Late Fall and 
>take it off after the snow melts.  I used to have lots of rodent damage but, 
>since I began using the wrap, I've had zero problems since.  It takes only 
>seconds to put on/take off but just be sure to fit it all the way down to 
>the soil and protrude above the estimated snow-line.
>
>Jim Fruth
>Brambleberry Farm
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