diff --git a/code/modules/hydroponics/spreading/spreading.dm b/code/modules/hydroponics/spreading/spreading.dm
index 13f24550a3f..3484db30ad3 100644
--- a/code/modules/hydroponics/spreading/spreading.dm
+++ b/code/modules/hydroponics/spreading/spreading.dm
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 	icon = 'icons/obj/hydroponics_growing.dmi'
 	icon_state = "bush4-1"
 	layer = 3
+	flags = PROXMOVE
 	pass_flags = PASSTABLE
 	mouse_opacity = 2
 
diff --git a/code/modules/hydroponics/spreading/spreading_response.dm b/code/modules/hydroponics/spreading/spreading_response.dm
index ff4e81c167e..2db5cc8bfc9 100644
--- a/code/modules/hydroponics/spreading/spreading_response.dm
+++ b/code/modules/hydroponics/spreading/spreading_response.dm
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 /obj/effect/plant/HasProximity(var/atom/movable/AM)
 
-	if(!is_mature() || seed.get_trait(TRAIT_SPREAD) != 2)
+	if(!is_mature() || (seed.get_trait(TRAIT_SPREAD) != 2 && seed.get_trait(TRAIT_CARNIVOROUS) == 0))
 		return
 
 	var/mob/living/M = AM
 	if(!istype(M))
 		return
 
+	if(!issmall(M) && seed.get_trait(TRAIT_SPREAD) != 2 && seed.get_trait(TRAIT_CARNIVOROUS) != 2)
+		// let TRAIT_CARNIVOROUS = 1 plants eat small creatures without murdering every hydroponicist
+		return
+
 	if(!buckled && !M.buckled_to && !M.anchored && (issmall(M) || prob(round(seed.get_trait(TRAIT_POTENCY)/6))))
 		//wait a tick for the Entered() proc that called HasProximity() to finish (and thus the moving animation),
 		//so we don't appear to teleport from two tiles away when moving into a turf adjacent to vines.
diff --git a/html/changelogs/johnwildkins-plants.yml b/html/changelogs/johnwildkins-plants.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a199a00a26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/changelogs/johnwildkins-plants.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+author: JohnWildkins
+
+delete-after: True
+
+changes:
+  - bugfix: "Carnivorous and weedy plants now properly check for nearby mobs to entangle and stab."