Re: Ever Wondered Plume Or Mold
 

I have. Dark green anyway. Unfortunately the flash washed out the color a bit on the top cigar, the bottom cigar shows a bit more accurate representation of the color, especially around the cap area since that was furthest from the flash.

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9060/1000859w.jpg

Re: Ever Wondered Plume Or Mold
 

Thank you for that picture. I still don't see that as green on my monitor, but I'll take your word. Maybe very moist mold looks green?

Re: Ever Wondered Plume Or Mold
 

My experience with mold is that different types of molds are different colors, although some lightly pigmented molds will lose their coloration and appear mostly white after the colony dies.

Re: Ever Wondered Plume Or Mold
 

OK, so how weird is this! I took the original picture on Monday the 7th, after taking the pic, I took the cigar out of the box and placed it on TOP of the box, just so I'd not forget to wipe it down or toss it. Today I go back to the humidor to wipe it down and this is what I found. Nearly all the mold has appeared to disappear?

http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/z...f/DSC00142.jpg

Re: Ever Wondered Plume Or Mold
 

probably died due to not being in the perfection condition

Re: Ever Wondered Plume Or Mold
 

couple more days like that and you could smoke it. :r
Seriously though, it dries down to 10-20% of it's original size. Spores are more dangerous when dry
I would imagine. Wipey-wipey.

Re: Ever Wondered Plume Or Mold
 

So, can I use Smirnoff or should I just go right to Grey Goose to wipe down?! :r

Re: Ever Wondered Plume Or Mold
 

:r

70% ethanol is the most effective to kill bacteria/fungi. If you have anything that's around 140 proof (or higher), that's what you want to use.

(source: my microbiology class. also, we only use 70% EtOH in my research lab for this same reason)

Re: Ever Wondered Plume Or Mold
 

Or you can take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

So, Brad, in this case is the mold still there, just smaller? Or did it actually die off & go away?

Re: Ever Wondered Plume Or Mold
 

One thing that you should consider is if the foot had mold on it. It is one thing to have mold develop on the wrapper but once its on the foot, time to just just your loses. Keep updating, very interesting post!

Re: Ever Wondered Plume Or Mold
 

This thread intrigues me. Keep it updated for sure.

Re: Ever Wondered Plume Or Mold
 

This thread is months old. This Opus has probably met its fate, whatever it was. :D

Re: Ever Wondered Plume Or Mold
 

Re: Ever Wondered Plume Or Mold
 

HAHAHA I know I failed big time on this but oh well -(P

Re: Ever Wondered Plume Or Mold
 

I smoked the *****!

Re: Ever Wondered Plume Or Mold
 

Youre still alive, thats a good thing!

Re: Ever Wondered Plume Or Mold
 

Like a Rattle snake in a black widows web: BURN IT WITH FIRE!

Amount of Plume for Optimal Smoking
 

I got a box of Anejo, and all the cigars that I've smoked had plume, about a dozen small patches per cigar.

As plume tells you that the cigar is at its optimal readiness for smoking, is there, then, any rush to smoke the cigars?

I would imagine no, as the cigars will continue to plume, and following that logic, become more and more optimally aged to smoke.

Re: Amount of Plume for Optimal Smoking
 

If what you see are in "patches", it is more likely mold. Plume, for the most part, will be evenly distributed.

Also, I have never heard that plume tells you that the cigar is at its optimal readiness for smoking. Where did you hear/read that? To the best of my knowledge, the appearance of plume means nothing as to when a cigar should be smoked.

:2

Re: Ever Wondered Plume Or Mold
 

hilarious