🥬 Lettuce companion plants
Lettuce grows fast and stays small, which makes it the perfect filler crop between slower vegetables.
- Sun
- Full sun in spring/autumn, part shade in summer
- Water
- Shallow, frequent watering; never let it dry out
- Spacing
- 20–30 cm (8–12 in)
- Harvest
- 30–60 days from seed
Good companions for lettuce
- 🥕 Carrot
Different root depths mean no competition.
- 🍓 Strawberry
Low-growing pair that shares beds and edges well.
- 🧅 Onion
Onion scent helps keep aphids and slugs away from tender leaves.
- 🥒 Cucumber
Climbing cucumbers give lettuce welcome summer shade.
- 🫛 Pea
Pea trellises provide shade and peas add nitrogen to the soil.
What not to plant with lettuce
- 🥬 Cabbage
Large brassicas shade out and outcompete lettuce for nutrients.