Protect Fruit Trees from Wildlife

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Before planting, consider adding protection to your fruit trees. The presenter demonstrates scraping the bark of a peach tree with a knife to check its viability (brown indicates dead). He then shows a tree guard made from 4-inch corrugated pipe, which is wrapped around the trunk of young fruit trees to protect them from wildlife like rabbits and deer, who can damage or kill trees by nibbling or rubbing their antlers on the bark. He emphasizes that planting outside of the deer rut season (mating season) is also crucial to avoid damage.

Goal: Protect newly planted fruit trees from damage by deer and rabbits.