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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Many plants considered to be weeds have specifically evolved to thrive where other plants don’t. It’s been in their best interest to grow quickly and produce highly viable seeds as quickly as possible to reproduce and spread.

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