Originally Posted by bananimal

Peter ----- I have had so much trouble keeping my 2 AE alive I
am becoming an expert at trauma ER gardening. The same pstems are still in place pushing out new leaves for 3 years. The cold snaps kill off the summer leaf growth and new leaves continue in the spring. The main pstems keep getting fatter and the pups get a few inches taller. This plant is just too touchy. This year I plan to dig up the whole mat with the smaller 6 ft pstem and plant it in a hole with 100% fill of peatmoss and bark. I'll also mix in some sulfur with the fill. We'll see.

Even though your main pstem collapsed watch out for pups emerging. Dig out all the mushy pstem. If rot looks too extensive dig up the whoe mat and cut out and pot the pups with some good corm attached from the mama. If there is any.