2, watering: Begonia Xifu in the spring and summer growth period need to be appropriate more watering, hot summer watering should be timely, sufficient, such as lack of water leaf margins are easy to wither and scorch, after the autumn cool gradually reduce the watering, watering less in winter after the leaf fall to prevent rotting of the roots. However, because the Begonia Xifu is a deciduous species, it is not advisable to spray too much water on the branches and leaves.
3, fertilization: Begonia Xifu likes fertilizer, can be appropriate more, should pay attention to the use of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium. If the use of nitrogen fertilizer is too much, it is easy to cause the phenomenon of luxuriant branches and leaves and sparse flowering, after the spring flowering to apply nitrogen fertilizer to promote the growth of branches and leaves. Summer and autumn more phosphorus, potassium fertilizer, in order to facilitate the differentiation of flower buds, to ensure that the flowers flourish colorful. Fertilizer available cake fertilizer, human urine, bone meal, chicken manure, fish water, etc..
4, pruning: Begonia Xifu has strong sprouting power, fast growth, need to pay attention to Begonia Xifu plastic pruning. After the winter leaf drop to spring before germination, can cut off the dead branches, disease and insect branches, weak branches, cross branches, overlapping branches, too dense branches and other messy branches. After the spring bloom, according to the modeling needs, appropriate truncation of long branches, to promote the branching of lateral branches, increase the number of flower buds, to ensure that the next year's blooming a lot of flowers. In addition, after the spring buds, you can erase too many dense, poorly positioned buds.
5, diseases and insects: Begonia Xifu should pay attention to the control of golden tortoise, leaf rollers, aphids, bag moths and red spiders and other pests, as well as rot disease, red star disease and so on. Prevention and control can remove the diseased tree, burn off the diseased branches, reduce the source of disease, early spring spray stone sulfur compound or brush in the trunk of the lime agent, the first onset of the disease can be cut into the longitudinal and transversal about 0.5 cm knife marks on the disease spot, deep to the xylem, and then sprayed with fungicides.