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The application of salt fertilizer to increase the productivity of lettuce in long term application will decline soil fertility. Implementation of totally organic farming in some region cannot increase productivity rapidly. Combine application of vermicompost with salt fertilizer is a solution to answer decline lettuce production on the first time implementation of totally organic farming. This research aims to study the dose application of vermicompost on the growth of lettuce plant. The research conducted at Cisurupan-Garut West Java Province with altitude 1183 m above sea level from January to March 2018. The method used in this research is randomize block design with seven treatments (A= without vermicompost, B= 5, C= 10, D= 15, E= 20, F=25, G= 30 t ha-1), and four replication. The growth parameter observes in this research is plant height, number of leaves, fresh plant weight, plant dry weight, and shoot-root ratio. The data were collected from the observed parameter than analyzed with variance analyze at five percent signification level. The result of this research shows that the application of 5 t ha-1 vermicompost improves plant growth significantly.