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title: "Any advice for how to quarantine plants ?? I’m learning the hard way…"
description: "Any advice for how to quarantine plants ?? I’m learning the hard way that it’s best to quarantine new plants 😵 one of my plants has thrips and I think it…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Elle"
published: "2024-08-02T17:46:23.673285Z"
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# Any advice for how to quarantine plants ?? I’m learning the hard way…

_Posted by Elle on 2024-08-02_

Any advice for how to quarantine plants ?? I’m learning the hard way that it’s best to quarantine new plants 😵 one of my plants has thrips and I think it spread to some of my other nearby plants - how far away do these plants need to be from others while quarantining ? Do they need to be in a separate room or is ~6 ft away okay ??

## 2 comments

### Matilda commented on 2024-08-02

Ideally a separate room, some pests can spread through the air!

### eatyacarbs commented on 2024-08-02

thrips fly 😬

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