Wrapping will protect your trees for different reasons. SUNSCALD One reason to wrap is to prevent sunscald which occurs when the high intensity of sunlight during warm winter days warms the bark ...

Tree wrap also discourages feeding damage from voles and mice — the latter of which gnaw on tender bark a few feet from the ground if there’s snow to serve as a rodent step-ladder.

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Tree wrap may discourage deer from rubbing their antlers on young tree trunks, but better protection is erecting a columnar fence around the trunk.

To prevent this nonsense from happening in the future until the tree has heavier bark, wrap the trunk in the late fall or early winter. Use paper tree wrap that comes in a roll.

Dear Neil: I have a red maple tree that has sun scald damage to its trunk. It was planted two years ago, and unfortunately, I didn’t know I was supposed to wrap it to protect it. Should I wrap ...