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Broccoli & Lettuce

✓ Excellent Companions

✓ Why Broccoli and Lettuce Work Well Together

✓Lettuce utilizes space under broccoli canopy
✓Broccoli provides shade for heat-sensitive lettuce
✓Different harvest timing maximizes bed productivity

🔬 How It Works (Science)

  • 1.Vertical space optimization
  • 2.Microclimate modification through shading
  • 3.Living mulch effect

📋 Planting Tips

1Plant lettuce after broccoli is established
2Use heat-tolerant lettuce varieties
3Harvest lettuce before broccoli needs maximum space

📏 Recommended Spacing

Lettuce 8-10" from broccoli stem

📚 Sources & Research

  • •Intensive gardening methods
  • •Season extension research

Other Lettuce Companions

Tomatoes✓ GoodRadishes✓ Good

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