Nutmeg
Holds the land all year
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹1.1 lakh–₹1.7 lakh
per acre a year, before costs
once bearing, from about year 6
After typical costs: ₹74,000–₹1.3 lakh an acre a year
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 1,500 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,810 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,420 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 22–34 °C on average, and survives 12–38 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 30 °C / 24 °C
- Jul 29 °C / 23 °C
- Aug 29 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 30 °C / 24 °C
- Oct 31 °C / 24 °C
- Nov 31 °C / 24 °C
- Dec 32 °C / 23 °C
- Jan 32 °C / 23 °C
- Feb 33 °C / 24 °C
- Mar 34 °C / 25 °C
- Apr 34 °C / 26 °C
- May 33 °C / 26 °C
- Jun 30 °C / 24 °C
Soil
Soil for Nutmeg: 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 2.9 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 6 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (July–August 2026): about ₹48,675 a quintal across mandis in your state.
- ₹29,000 2021
- ₹29,750 2022
- ₹29,250 2023
- ₹22,500 2024
- ₹29,500 2025
Prices are usually best in May.
Typical costs are about ₹40,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- NPK Mixture 3%
- Urea 0%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 0%