My second year own root roses from Heirloom have been creeping. The stems are still spindly. Still no bloom from my Eden, but as advised, I'm being patient. My Abraham Darby had one bloom so far. Heirloom's customer service is excellent! The Owner's Fish Fertilizer is indeed stinky, but I am seeing some growth. The neighborhood cats have high expectations from the aroma, only to be disappointed! Waiting for my first bud and bloom on Eden in its second year. New shipment of roses from Heirloom expected tomorrow!

I live in the Salt Lake Valley. I’ve grown roses—lots of them—for many years, buying them at local garden centers and using the typical fertilizers I buy at Lowe’s etc. A couple of years ago I decided to buy own-root roses, and then last year I decided to try this fish fertilizer. Oh my gosh? Where has this fertilizer been all my life. Not only are recent rose purchases blooming enthusiastically, but about 4 rose bushes that I had for year have suddenly bloomed! None of those roses had ever bloomed before and I’d just never gotten around to digging them up and discarding them. I’d had a couple of those tose bushes for TEN years with nary a bud or bloom. This fertilizer is worth every penny and goes a long way. It’s the BEST.

Love love love this product. At the beginning of this year’s season, I fed all my roses, new and old. The flush of strong healthy leaves was beautiful. It’s a great boost as the year goes. Have been using it for seven years.

I’ve been using this fish fertilizer on all my Heirloom roses (and non Heirloom roses) and all of them are thriving beautifully. Some of my roses are starting to have lots of buds thanks to this fertilizer. I really recommend it. Its a little stinky but it will go away in a couple of hours, so its fine.

As several have mentioned, this stuff stinks to high heaven. About makes me gag just using it. I am sure it does wonderful things for rosebushes, but I never got the chance to find out. I have lots of country critters out here where we live -- and I do tend to make them "backyard pets" so they come around often. Especially my raccoons. Well, I fertilized not even thinking about it and I came out the next day and almost all my rosebushes were completely DUG UP and out of the ground. (I have over 20). I about died. I had to get rid of one bush completely and others took all summer to recover, never performing like they should have because of the shock they were put through I imagine. So....if you have raccoons, I would not recommend using this because they will dig trying to find the fish they smell!