String beans are doing well. One (store bought) eggplant plant has 13 little eggplants. Saw the first bell pepper. Tomatoes are just starting to bloom. Still no pickles, but they are all in flower. Planted red lettuce; still have some butterhead.
Question on fertilizer: is 8-8-8 a general fertilizer for most vegetables? I’ve used it before on tomatoes and they perked up.
That's a well balanced fertilizer (8-8-8) - ideal for any garden or orchard.
That would be a balanced fertilizer. Good for all purpose. For flowers and veggies one with the Middle number higher than the others is better once the flowering and fruit bearing begins. I have several different ones that I use occasionally.
DynaGro is 7-9-5 , Miracle Gro tomato is 18-18-21, Expert Gardener is 15-30-15 for fast results.
However, one of the best things is to grind eggshells, dried banana skins, and empsom salts mixture to add to tomatoes.
Last year, Hubby’s tomatoes in buckets were plagued with blossom end rot, and I had him add Epsom Salts and Bone Meal to the buckets - it worked, and we had a record crop of Romas.