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Message: [QUOTE="Chuck, post: 96735, member: 944"] Here in Texas Live Oaks are everywhere. Some have the saplings come up, some don't. Live Oaks have a widespread root system, sometimes going for hundreds of feet. That is why you see numerous saplings in a small area or numerous trees all together with a huge tree some distance away. They are called motts and they are the main way that the mother tree reproduces. Acorns are second. There is nothing you can do except keep cutting them down. You cannot pull them up as they are attached to underground runners. You cannot poison them because if you do you will poison the mother tree also. You cannot cover with mulch as the saplings will grow right straight up through it for at least 4 ft. I know this because I have an old mulch pile at least 4 feet deep and there are those saplings growing quite happily there. Folks around here cut them as close to soil level as possible and then just keep them mowed. [/QUOTE]