I have a number of apple, pear, cherry and peach trees in my garden. To prevent girdling by rabbits during the winter, I have always wrapped the trunks with some form of tree wrap. The trees are now 5 or 6 years old and the bark on the trunks is more mature and rough, not smooth and "tender" like it was when the trees were very small.
Here are my questions: Is it necessary to continue to wrap the trunks? Is that something I should do as a matter of course indefinitely? Or is there a point when the rabbits will leave them alone because the bark is more mature?
MSAG
