A popular early spring natural fertilizer recipe can be made by combining 4 oz (110 g) Epsom salt, 8 oz (230 g) bone meal, 8 oz (230 g) cottonseed meal, 4 oz (110 g) blood meal, and 4 oz (110 g) fish meal. Water your bush thoroughly first, spread the mixture around the base of the plant below its outer perimeter, and work the mixture into the top 2 in (5.1 cm) of soil with a cultivator until it’s buried.  Water your bush thoroughly again after working the fertilizer into the soil. You can find these ingredients at nurseries and garden supply stores that sell natural or organic fertilizers. Another natural fertilizer method uses alfalfa pellets. You can use non-food grade ones, sold at garden supply stores, or rabbit food alfalfa pellets. Spread 8–12 oz (230–340 g) of the pellets over the soil under your bush’s outer perimeter, and work it into the top 2 in (5.1 cm) of soil. An alternative is to make alfalfa tea. Fill a 30 US gal (110 L) plastic garbage can with 64–80 oz (1,800–2,300 g) alfalfa pellets and the rest with water. Let the mixture sit covered for 3-5 days and stir it once per day, then strain any remaining solids from the water. Water your roses with the tea every 4 weeks during growing season. To use banana peels, you can either bury them and let them compost before planting your roses, or bury them 4–6 in (10–15 cm) deep under the outer perimeter of your rose bush. They will compost under the ground and provide new sources of potassium for your roses.  This method is best used in conjunction with another natural method, like coffee grounds or alfalfa pellets. Grind the banana peels in a blender or chop them into fine pieces to promote faster composting. Spread 48 oz (1,400 g) of used coffee grounds on a cookie sheet lined with newspaper. Allow them to dry completely, then sprinkle them around the outer perimeter of your rose bush then water it thoroughly. Make a liquid solution of this fertilizer by soaking 48 oz (1,400 g) coffee grounds in 5 gallons (19 L) of water for 2-3 days. Then saturate the soil around the bush in place of watering it one day. Grass and weeds soak up nutrients from the soil that can be reused as fertilizer. Fill a 5 gallons (19 L) bucket with grass clippings and weeds like nettles, horsetail, and chickweed and add water to the full bucket until it’s full of grass, weeds, and water. Let the bucket sit in the sun for 2 days. Dilute 8  fl oz (240 mL) in 80  fl oz (2,400 mL) and use 24  fl oz (710 mL) of it to water a medium rose bush. Use old, dry, composted chicken, cow, or horse manure for this recipe. Wrap some manure in a cloth bag, old towel, or T-shirt and place it at the bottom of a 5 gallons (19 L) bucket. Fill the bucket to the top with water and let it sit in the shade for 3 days. Water your roses with the fertilizer as you would normally water it. Discard the “bag” you used and the manure inside after each use or put in a compost pile. Choose a dog or cat dry food with a 3% minimum sodium content. Sprinkle 16 oz (450 g) of it on the soil under the outer perimeter of your bush. Work it 2 in (5.1 cm) deep in the soil with a cultivator and cover the area with cardboard for a week so that animals don’t dig it up. Keep the cardboard wet and water your roses through the cardboard just as you would normally water them before removing it.
Try a blend of Epsom salt with bone, cottonseed, blood, and fish meal to start. Use alfalfa pellets or tea to add many nutrients to your soil. Bury banana peels to replenish potassium. Try coffee grounds for adding nitrogen and potassium. Make a grass and weed clippings solution to enhance your soil. Try making compost tea with animal manure if you have it. Use dry pet food to add micro-nutrients and protein.