Just as an addition to this, many years ago, I had an apple tree near the fence at the end of the garden which was growing at a slant. "I know" i thought "I'll tie it to the fence with a tight bit of rope, and that might halt it". So I did, though the bit at the fence was only hooked on, not permanent. and the fence was not damaged in any way.
Well it kept coming off, and I just assumed it was an accident or something, so one day I went down to tie it again. only to get stopped by ny neighbour. He took offence (pardon the expression) at my doing that. I just carried on, and the next thing I knew he had called the police, and I ended up with a caution.