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Here is a summary of fruiting that Slackwater put up a couple days ago on another forum.

10/04/06 7-Day-Temp 57.2 7-Day-Rain 1.11 First pin spotted, 10-12 pins visible
10/05/06 7-Day-Temp 57.1 7-Day-Rain 1.67
10/06/06 7-Day-Temp 55.8 7-Day-Rain 1.17
10/07/06 7-Day-Temp 55.5 7-Day-Rain 1.17 Pins bigger, one mushroom 2” high
10/08/06 7-Day-Temp 55.4 7-Day-Rain 1.11
10/09/06 7-Day-Temp 55.4 7-Day-Rain 0.73
10/10/06 7-Day-Temp 56.4 7-Day-Rain 0.73 Pins 1” high one mushroom w/ 1.5” cap
10/11/06 7-Day-Temp 55.3 7-Day-Rain 0.56
10/12/06 7-Day-Temp 55.2 7-Day-Rain 0.16 Many pins, largest mushroom w/ 2” cap
10/13/06 7-Day-Temp 55.1 7-Day-Rain 0.63
10/14/06 7-Day-Temp 54.2 7-Day-Rain 0.63 First mushroom picked 2.25” cap
10/15/06 7-Day-Temp 53.4 7-Day-Rain 0.74
10/16/06 7-Day-Temp 51.4 7-Day-Rain 0.74
10/17/06 7-Day-Temp 49.4 7-Day-Rain 0.74
10/18/06 7-Day-Temp 49.4 7-Day-Rain 1.35 Approx 1 dozen large mushrooms, very large picked
10/19/06 7-Day-Temp 48.9 7-Day-Rain 1.19
10/20/06 7-Day-Temp 50.1 7-Day-Rain 1.07
10/21/06 7-Day-Temp 50.6 7-Day-Rain 1.86
10/22/06 7-Day-Temp 50.6 7-Day-Rain 1.76 Patch doing very well, many large mushrooms
10/23/06 7-Day-Temp 51.6 7-Day-Rain 1.8
10/24/06 7-Day-Temp 50.8 7-Day-Rain 1.88
10/25/06 7-Day-Temp 48.7 7-Day-Rain 1.33 25 medium mushrooms picked
10/26/06 7-Day-Temp 47.1 7-Day-Rain 1.37
10/27/06 7-Day-Temp 44.4 7-Day-Rain 1.02
10/28/06 7-Day-Temp 43.4 7-Day-Rain 0.76
10/29/06 7-Day-Temp 43.5 7-Day-Rain 1.34
10/30/06 7-Day-Temp 42.4 7-Day-Rain 1.31
10/31/06 7-Day-Temp 42.9 7-Day-Rain 1.23 A few mushrooms still growing but most dormant/dry


What was interesting to me is: 1) The pins started showing up when the temperatures were pretty high: 57 degrees for the preceeding week. (That's the high/low averaged out for the previous 7 days). The second interesting and important point is: supplemental watering is probably necessary in the Northeast. The mushrooms did well, but we've had a really wet Fall this year. The average rate of rain is about 55" a year, which is comparable to the PNW. But -- given that the PNW gets that much in six months -- areas like the Northeast should provide supplemental water. 2" of water a week would probably not be too much. Otherwise, the mushrooms will dry out.