Nutmeg starts yielding in around 7–9 years after planting. The trees reach full production by twenty years. When fruits are fully ripe, the nuts split open.

Fruits are available throughout the year, but the peak period of harvest is from June to July. The fruits are either plucked from the tree or allowed to drop.

The two major products are nutmeg and mace. Dried nutmeg and mace are directly used as spice and also for the preparation of their derivatives.

The nuts are sun dried for four to eight weeks or in artificial heat drier until kernel rattle inside the shell. They are stored in warm dry place prior to shelling.

After de-rinding the nutmeg fruit, red feathery aril (mace) is separated from pericarp. The mace is detached, flattened and sun dried on mats for 3-5 days or in artificial heat drier.