Does my tree need this wrap?

Question

My tree by my porch is about four years old. It's not suppose to get very tall. But what kind of maintenance am I suppose to do to it? I saw at the store there is this wrap stuff you put around the trunks of tree am I suppose to do that? I am just getting started in landscaping so I don't know a whole lot about it.

Answer 1

One of the reasons I use tree wrap is because the outside cat seems to like to use it as a scratching post. I also have a deer problem in the fall with the bucks rubbing their horns on the trunks.

Answer 2

People will add wraps and and different contraptions to repel insects, and help the tree grow properly upward. I would simply reccomend pruning, unless their has been a wave of heat over 90 degrees farenheit,  then pruning inhibits the tree's dormancy from warm weather.