Nutmeg

Check it on your land
Temperature
22–34 °C
0° survives 12–38 °C 40°

Will it grow on your land?

Water
Season

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What it needs

Temperature

22–34 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 12–38 °C. Frost hurts it.

Water

The check above works out its water need on your land.

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 5.5 to 7.5.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • Needs rich soil
  • K Needs plenty of potassium and sulphur
How the soil score works

Source: FAO ECOCROP crop requirements (via OpenCLIM/ecocrop); FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°).

Fertiliser for one acre

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Watch out for

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Mandi price, month by month

Best month
February, ₹30,125
Lowest
July, ₹24,000
₹30,125
₹24,000
J F M A M J J A S O N D

Rupees a quintal, typical across India's mandis.

Source: Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).

Where it grows in India

Largest grower
Kerala
2025-26

States that grow it

Latest state figures for fruits, vegetables, spices and plantation crops.

  1. Kerala 18,444 t (2025-26)
  2. Tamil Nadu 583 t (2025-26)
  3. Karnataka 219 t (2025-26)
  4. Nagaland 65 t (2025-26)
  5. Goa 23 t (2025-26)
  6. Andaman And Nicobar Islands 1 t (2025-26)
  7. Maharashtra 1 t (2025-26)
  8. Andhra Pradesh – (2025-26)
  9. Arunachal Pradesh – (2025-26)
  10. Assam – (2025-26)

Source: Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).

Districts with the most area (recent figures)

The map colours each district by yield, for districts growing it on at least 100 ha.

No recent district figures for this crop.