Kusamalira ndi kupereka zakudya zoyenera kwa ma rhododendron ndikofunikira pa thanzi lawo komanso maluwa. Nthawi ya masika ndi nthawi yofunika kwambiri kuti zomera zokongolazi zikhale ndi feteleza, ndipo pogwiritsa ntchito njira yoyenera, zimatha kuphuka mu ulemerero wawo wonse. Ngakhale pali feteleza apadera a rhododendron pamsika, ndizotheka kugwiritsa ntchito mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya feteleza wathunthu kuti akwaniritse zosowa zawo zopatsa thanzi.
Manyowa achikhalidwe monga manyowa a ng'ombe kapena manyowa a nkhuku amatha kukhala njira ina yabwino yoperekera zakudya zofunika ku ma rhododendron kumapeto kwa masika. Komabe, ndikofunikira kupewa feteleza wokhala ndi laimu, monga Algomin, chifukwa amatha kukweza pH m'nthaka, zomwe sizopindulitsa kwa ma rhododendron, omwe amakula bwino m'malo a acidic. M'malo mwake, mutha kuganizira zobwezeretsanso bedi la rhododendron ndi zinthu monga masamba a oak, singano za paini, kapena mulch wa khungwa chaka chilichonse kuti nthaka ikhale ya acidic yomwe mbewu izi zimakula bwino.