Vegetables

Lettuce Planting Calculator

Lactuca sativa

Everything you need to plan Lettuce: recommended spacing, how many plants and seeds you'll need, when to start, and when to expect a harvest. Defaults come from grower references and every value is editable.

At a glance

Recommended spacing
10″
Range 6–12″
Planting pattern
Square grid
Time to first production
45–55 days from sowing
Succession planting
Recommended
Every 17 days
Start indoors
3 weeks before
before transplanting
Production pattern
Hardy annual

Plan your Lettuce beds

Prefilled with Lettuce's recommended spacing. Adjust your bed size to get plant counts, seeds to start, and tray requirements.

Loads recommended spacing and planting pattern. You can override anything.
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ft
in
Default 10″Range 6–12″

Your plan

240
Total plants
60 per row × 4 rows
Seeds to start (10% buffer)
264
72-cell trays needed
4
128-cell trays needed
3

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Planning notes

  • This crop can be direct sown.

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