Lettuce (Looseleaf)

Lactuca sativa

Quick cool-season green; partial shade in heat; sow succession and cut-and-come-again.

Sunlight Partial Sun

Water Regular

Planning spacing 0.6 ft

Typical mature size 0.8 ft tall, 0.8 ft wide

Typical harvest Spring - early summer, fall

Lettuce (Looseleaf) spacing and mature footprint

Space Lettuce 7 inches apart, measured center to center (18 cm).

The mature spread is about 10 inches (24 cm), so plants set at that distance grow together into a closed canopy over the bed.

Treat 7 inches as a planning baseline — cultivar and local growing conditions shift the final footprint.

Three plants set 0.6 ft apart, center to center; shaded circles show the 0.8 ft mature spread.