Butter Lettuce Plant Spacing. The edges have 4 inches of space. Here is a quick reference guide to spacing lettuce:
Lettuce grows like weeds especially in the lettuce raft hydro setups, and yields more edible produce per inch of plot than any other veggie. It’s hard to remember how much space goes between each plant. Since these are harvested at a very early stage, the plant will continue trying to get each female flower to produce a fruit and not abort them.
Now, we normally do not condone being wasteful, but we want you to take that row spacing number, and throw it away!
Before you plant your lettuce seeds, select a sunny spot and make sure the soil is prepared. Leaf lettuce can be cut as soon as it is large enough to use, usually in 50 to 60 days from planting. Before you plant your lettuce seeds, select a sunny spot and make sure the soil is prepared. Thin plants to one seed per cell to ensure adequate growing space.