 the weaker that tree is compared to what it would have been if you left the staking off of the tree. Is it possible for a windstorm to break a new tree in half? Yeah, sure it is, especially if it's been depending on staking at the growing operation and then at the nursery, which is unfortunately what too many of those people do. What I would do is go ahead and take – is it stuck in the ground right beside the stem and –