I accidentally girdled my trees, how big of an issue is this?

[Travillion]

I was out inspecting my recently planted citrus trees and I was horrified to see that I had accidentally left some training wire in place that I used to stake the trees when they were very young. Their trunks have grown since then and there are some deepish grooves where the training wire was. The trees don't seem to be affected yet, and fortunately they were not completed girdled. Still, how big of an issue will this cause when they get older? I grafted these trees myself from rootstock I grew from seed. I have a backup for both of these trees in pots if needed, but I'd rather not dig these out and plant new ones if I don't have too. OTOH, I don't want these trees dying in 5 years.

[brian]

They look like they will be fine to me. 

[Coconut Cream]

I've seen much much worse than that. The tree will be able to recover.

[Travillion]

I've seen much much worse than that. The tree will be able to recover.

They look like they will be fine to me.

Thank you, I'm much relieved to hear that!

[cassowary]

Yeah no worries there, looks alright.

It’s good to attach labels very losely so that thw tree can breake it up if it slips down out of sight out of mind. I learned this the hard way!