Kuchengeta uye kupa chikafu chakakodzera kune rhododendron kwakakosha kune hutano hwavo uye maruva. Chitubu inguva yakakosha yekuisa fetiraiza idzi zvirimwa zvakanaka, uye nehurongwa hwakakodzera, dzinogona kutumbuka mukubwinya kwadzo kwese. Kunyangwe paine zvakakosha rhododendron fetiraiza zvigadzirwa pamusika, zvinokwanisika kushandisa akasiyana marudzi efotereza akazara kuzadzisa zvavanoda zvinovaka muviri.
Fetereza yechinyakare yakaita semupfudze wemombe kana mupfudze wehuku inogona kuva nzira dzinoshanda dzekupa chikafu chinodiwa kumarhododendrons muchirimo. Zvisinei, zvakakosha kudzivisa mafetireza ane lime, akadai seAlgomin, sezvo aya anogona kukwidza pH kukosha muvhu, iyo isingabatsiri kune rhododendrons, iyo inokura zvakanyanya munzvimbo ine acidic. Pane kudaro, unogona kufunga kuzadza mubhedha werhododendron nezvinhu zvakaita semashizha emuouki, tsono dzepaini, kana bark mulch gore rega rega kuchengetedza ivhu rine acidic iro zvinomera izvi zvinokura.