Sounds like some of us are in the same boat with tree seedlings. I do try to pull them after a rain problem this fall is we had no rain for so long that the soil was harder to pull from. Plus I have a large garden so it takes me almost a week to get it done. I wonder if I would pur Preen down in fall before I mulch with leaves if that would help the tree seeds from sprouting in spring. We have squirrels that bury butternuts in my garden those quickley get long roots that you have to dig out.