Got suspended from a gardening forum for saying 'native plants don't need fertilizer' and the mods went ballistic

I was in a thread about lawn care on a big gardening site, just sharing what I learned after helping at a community garden in Austin for 2 years. I wrote that most native wildflowers and grasses actually do worse with added nitrogen, and that fertilizer can kill off the beneficial microbes in the soil. Within 4 hours, a mod sent me a ban notice for 'spreading misinformation' even though I had a link to a Texas A&M study backing it up. I appealed twice but they never replied, so now I just lurk on smaller local groups instead. Has anyone else run into mods who think they know more than actual research?

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paulw5312d ago

Honestly, I got banned from a BBQ group for saying charcoal beats gas.

daniel_gonzalez12d ago

Is banning someone over grill fuel really that deep @paulw53?

nelson.vera12d ago

My neighbor got banned from a local fishing forum for pointing out that catch-and-release can hurt fish more than keeping them, even though he linked a study from a university. He had proof from a marine biology paper and everything, but the mods said he was "scaring new anglers" and booted him without even reading the source. It is frustrating when people in charge pick feelings over facts, and it makes you want to just stick to your own little groups where folks actually listen.