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Also, bricks, pavers, cobbles, etc. give weed to develop through the cracks. Since sealed concrete could be a solid, continuous surface, nothing will develop through the "cracks." As you'll already grasp, the "cracks" in sealed concrete are simply impressions within the concrete that only partially bear the surface.