Iceberg lettuce: 64 good and bad companion plants

Other names

crisphead lettuce, head lettuce

Botanical name

Lactuca sativa var. capitata

Family / Genus

Asteraceae / Lactuca

Plant category

Leaf Salad

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Facts and figures

Light requirements

Sun / partial shade

Nutrient requirements

Medium feeder

Difficulty level

Easy

Culture (according to Gertrud Franck)

C - low growth, short growing period

Culture (according to Sister C. Weinrich)

Companion crop

Growing period

50 days

Row spacing

20 cm

Plant spacing

20 cm

Growth height

20 - 30 cm

Sowing depth

1 cm

Germination temperature (minimum)

3 °C

Germination temperature (optimal)

15 - 18 °C

Germination type

Light

Pre-growing period

30 days

Planting & harvest times of Iceberg lettuce

Direct sowing

Pre-grow

Transplant

Harvest

OutdoorsDirect sowing from Late March to Mid September. Transplant to bed from Late March to Mid September. Pre-grow about 30 days before transplanting, approximately between Late February and Mid August. After a growing period of 50 days, harvest can begin around Late May and continues until Mid October.

GreenhouseDirect sowing from Late February to Late March. Transplant to bed from Late February to Mid April. Pre-grow about 30 days before transplanting, approximately between Late January and Mid March. After a growing period of 50 days, harvest can begin around Mid March and continues until Late May.

Good and bad companions of Iceberg lettuce

Very good neighbours

Good neighbours

Bad neighbours

Predecessors and successors of Iceberg lettuce

Good predecessors

Bad predecessors

Lollo biando / Lollo rosso

Mizuna (Asian greens)

Good successors

Bad successors

Lollo biando / Lollo rosso

Crop rotation

What stood on that bed three years ago is hard to recall come spring. grove remembers. Once you have planned with it for a few seasons it knows your beds and warns you as you plant when a growing break is still running. The other way round, grove points you to the spots where Iceberg lettuce fits particularly well right now.

As green manure before Iceberg lettuce, grove suggests Spinach good for example, provided the crop before it fits as well. As the crop before it, grove suggests Onion good, Courgette good or Radish good. After it come Cucumber good, Onion good or Pepper good.

As a preceding crop: Carrot poor, Potato poor, Broccoli poor and 27 more plants may only return to the same spot after 3 years. grove still remembers that three years from now. As a following crop: Bush bean poor, Butterhead lettuce poor, Lollo biando / Lollo rosso poor and 10 more plants may only return to the same spot after 3 years.

And as soon as next year is planned, the Garden Fairy looks for the right green manure for the cold season in between all by itself, Spinach for example. How the Garden Fairy works

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