If newly planted trees encountered a period of dry spell then such plants are watered periodically. This is dependent on the age of plant and its final configuration as related to other plants. For young plants efforts are made to prevent their strangulation by vines, thus cleaning may be as much as four times yearly. As the plant ages the canopy thickens and this assist in weed control underneath. In isolated trees the weeds underneath are controlled to facilitate harvesting of fruits and seeds.
Weed control is usually by slashing.
Farmers have not reported about pest and diseases in their nutmeg plants. Most high profile disease in nutmeg locally. 7.1 Nutmeg wilt This is the most important disease in nutmeg in Grenada. Although this disease is associated with several fungi, Rosellinia sp. Thus the cause of nutmeg wilt is still unknown.