This year I did something different. I just stuck them in the ground and prayed a blessing over them. No cutting of the dead edges, no pulling off the dead fans, no trimming the roots. No nothing. I think it would be funny if they all made it to the Winter without rot issues.
Blessings
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.' Theodore Roosevelt