Eli5 Why are weeds so hard to kill while desirable plants so hard to keep alive?

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Weeds grow, well, like weeds, out of the cracks of the pavement with nothing but municipal runoff to keep them alive. Meanwhile I have to work tirelessly to keep my tomato and pepper plants happy and fruitful. Why do weeds dominate a garden?

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Weeds are weeds simply because they are resilient, spread quickly and are perfectly adapted to the local enviroment. Compare to the plants we usually try to grow that often come from another enviroment and will be much more sensitive.

But in the end its up to you to decide what you consider to be a weed for you, you can grow resilient and fast spreading plants that will be low maintenance and its only considered a weed when it starts to grow where you dont want it to grow.

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