Tropical Zone Gardening: Transplating Elephant Ears, 1 by terichris

terichris wrote:
I transplanted some EEs from a friend's yard a few days ago. Someone told me to plant them as is, and another person told me to cut off the foilage. I planted them as is. They are both between 2 & 2 1/2' tall, relatively immature plants with not a lot of roots. They are just laying on top of the soil, pitiful! A few weeks ago I planted a more mature purple EE about 8 feet away(from a nursery). It is doing fine. Any suggestions? How much water? Do I prop up the leaves?..... Please help.