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
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