Growth Technology Rose Focus 1 Litre - Balanced Liquid Feed for Bigger, Healthier Blooms
Best for: rose growers, in beds or pots, wanting a straightforward liquid feed to use through the growing season.
Our thoughts
Roses get fed all sorts of things that were never really made for them - general purpose feed, leftover tomato feed, whatever's in the shed. Rose Focus is actually formulated around what roses need: full mineral coverage plus extra calcium for disease resistance, which matters a lot for anyone who's dealt with blackspot. It's a simple bottle-and-dilute job, nothing to overthink.
Growth Technology Rose Focus is a liquid concentrate feed built specifically for the nutritional needs of roses. It's manufactured from pure mineral salts and enriched with organic plant acids and concentrated kelp extract, and like the rest of the Focus range it supplies all 12 essential minerals in an ionic form that's immediately available to the roots.
The formula includes extra calcium in a highly soluble form, which helps roses build stronger cell walls and improves resistance to common problems like blackspot and other fungal disease. It's suitable for roses grown in the ground or in containers, and can be used through the main growing season with occasional feeds through winter if the roses are kept indoors.
How it compares
Rose feeds range from granular slow-release products to liquid concentrates - Rose Focus sits in the liquid, every-watering camp alongside a couple of familiar high-street names.
- Vitax Rose Feed is a well-known granular alternative, but it's applied less frequently and gives less control over dosing than a liquid concentrate.
- Miracle-Gro Rose & Shrub Continuous Release works on a slow-release granule basis rather than Rose Focus's every-watering liquid approach.
- Baby Bio Rose Food is a closer liquid comparison, but doesn't specifically call out the extra calcium for disease resistance that Rose Focus is built around.
If you want to dose with every watering and keep tight control over feeding rather than relying on a slow-release granule, Rose Focus is the more hands-on but more precise option.
Usage guidance
Dosage
Mix 10ml of Rose Focus per litre of clean water and apply with every watering during the growing season.
Winter feeding
For roses grown indoors, feed occasionally through winter rather than stopping completely.
Application
Water the diluted feed directly to the root zone rather than over the foliage, in the same way you'd water normally.
Technical specifications
- Format: liquid concentrate
- Volume: 1 Litre
- Mineral profile: complete, all 12 essential minerals plus kelp extract and organic plant acids
- Notable addition: extra soluble calcium for disease resistance
- Dose rate: 10ml per litre, every watering
- Suitable for: roses in beds, borders and containers
- Manufacturer: Growth Technology
Who this is for
- Rose growers wanting a dedicated feed rather than a generic all-purpose one
- Anyone who's had blackspot or fungal disease issues and wants extra calcium support
- Container rose growers needing regular liquid feeding
- Gardeners who prefer dosing with every watering over slow-release granules
Our take
Rose Focus is a sensible, no-nonsense liquid feed that covers what roses actually need, with the extra calcium being the standout detail for anyone dealing with disease pressure. It's an easy add to a normal watering routine rather than a separate job.
Does exactly what it should, day in, day out. Worth picking up if your roses need more than they're currently getting from a generic feed.
