I posted a thread on a self-sufficient plant and, for some reason, it appeared 3 times. I then attempted to remove 2 of the 3 topics but I got this message: This happened even though I posted the topic less than 30 minutes ago, so I should be able to delete it.
You can't delete threads, which the first post is. Only mods and admins can delete a thread. If your post was number 2 or later in any thread, it wouldn't be much of an issue.