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title: "How close together do plants have to be for them to tranfer any…"
description: "How close together do plants have to be for them to tranfer any pests? Or do they even need to be near eachother to catch pests"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "LilBug"
published: "2024-05-22T15:37:00.659007Z"
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# How close together do plants have to be for them to tranfer any…

_Posted by LilBug on 2024-05-22_

How close together do plants have to be for them to tranfer any pests? Or do they even need to be near eachother to catch pests

## 3 comments

### Alyssa commented on 2024-05-22

If the pests aren’t prolific they would only need to be touching each other or a common wall or pot to pot to transfer, but if it’s a large amount of pests on a plant I’d quarantine and treat and monitor at least a good three feet in all directions

### Sunny commented on 2024-05-22

They only need to be in the same room if the bugs have wings. Fungus gnats fly all over in a room laying eggs in all the plants with continuously we soil.

### GreenLeaf commented on 2024-05-22

Thrips also can fly so they can get anywhere.

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