The ancestors' garden that became an invasive species

The options

The order shown is not a ranking of preference.

1. Option 1

   Removal over a broad area

   It represses the spread but also cuts existing cultural and ecological ties at once.

2. Option 2

   Keep only isolated gardens

   It leaves memory behind but takes on the long-term burden of boundary management and the risk of re-spread.

3. Option 3

   Adapt as part of the new ecology

   It acknowledges present relations but may lose more chances to reverse them.

The situation as it stands

Garden plants that the ancestors brought from Earth are spreading rapidly in the new environment. Decision deadline: 9 months until the next breeding season.

Fictional planetary settlement · ecological restoration

1. Premise 1Garden plants that the ancestors brought from Earth are spreading rapidly in the new environment.
2. Premise 2The settlement's ceremonies and food have depended on that plant.
3. Premise 3Even in the removal process, other life that has lived with the soil is affected.

Where it holdsSet vegetation and access in the community-managed zone. Cannot control cultivation in other settlements or planet-wide ecology.

What is still unknown

1. Unknown 1Whether the spread is faster than the self-seeding recovery of the surrounding ecology
2. Unknown 2The extent of life relations already formed outside the garden

Signals to decide again

• Decide what observation, owner, and confirmation window will verify “whether the spread is faster than the self-seeding recovery of the surrounding ecology,” and reopen judgment if a new verification changes the tradeoffs among the options.
• Decide what observation, owner, and confirmation window will verify “the extent of life relations already formed outside the garden,” and reopen judgment if a new verification changes the tradeoffs among the options.