[Pussygalore]

weeds may grow fast in good soil but they are weak and tall, have a look at a wild weed and see the difference, you'd be always replanting and buying seeds if you don't let them get established in the garden. When out picking weeds you don't take the whole plant but leave the base and roots with spindly home grown plants there's nothing to leave to re grow. Plus you also have to bear in mind torts need high fibre foods and new growth doesn't have that, young weeds/plants are also higher in food nutrition that tough old ones and that's also what contributes towards torts growing to fast, if you look at what they'd normally find to eat in their native country its usually old, dry and not very green apart from the odd occasion when its rained. I've only ever been to the south of france and spain but even in september there's not a lot of green around let alone in the summer. Young plants are also far higher in sugars than old ones which again is a reason to try to find older plants as well.