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02-08-2009, 01:48 PM | #61 |
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Re: How to Freeze and the Science behind it. Long
It occurs in CC and NC alike, have a look at the pic of the padrons in the first post of this thread
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03-05-2009, 08:23 PM | #63 |
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Re: How to Freeze and the Science behind it. Long
got a special box that arrived today heading to the freezer with a stop in the fridge. Great post, thanks!!!!
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03-19-2009, 03:48 PM | #64 |
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Re: How to Freeze and the Science behind it. Long
So does one have to wrap in plastic before putting boxes in the reefer or can one just put the boxes in by themselves? Also, now that I found a few with holes do I just wipe out my vino with distilled H2O or something else?
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03-19-2009, 04:05 PM | #65 |
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Yes, seal the box's before you freeze.. About the vino, I heard to wipe the inside of humidors with Cognac, kills the larvae and won't hurt your cigars.. Just let it air out before stocking it back up...
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04-27-2009, 05:40 PM | #66 |
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Seems to be a bunch of beetles popping up so I thought I would bump this back up
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04-27-2009, 06:19 PM | #67 |
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Let's get this thread stickied!!!!
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04-28-2009, 03:58 PM | #68 | |
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-------- Keep in mind that most home freezers at their lowest setting only go down to about 17 degrees F. As long as the larval stage has not been acclimated to 60 degrees for several months before freezing occurs, 4 days in a home freezer should result in 100% mortality. Cigarette Beetle Mortality White Paper Chart Stage/Temperature (F)/100% Mortalitiy (hours) Egg............-4...................1 ..................5...................4 ..................14.................12 ..................23.................48 ..................32................240 ..................41................336 Larval .........-4.................1 ..................5..................3 .................14.................12 .................23.................96 .................32.................288 .................41.................336 Acclimated larval (59 degrees for 1-3 months) .................-4.................1 ..................5..................6 .................14.................24 .................23.................504 .................32.................1176 .................41.................1680 Pupal.........-4..................1 .................5...................2 .................14.................4 .................23.................48 .................32.................288 .................41.................840 Adult..........-4.................1 .................5...................2 .................14.................2 .................23.................72 .................32.................288 .................41.................840 __________________ |
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04-28-2009, 04:53 PM | #70 |
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Re: How to Freeze and the Science behind it. Long
Drat's last post looks similar to the Cigar Magazine 2008 Summer issue. In my mind it quotes the formost indepth study done on beetles. There are some differences .. Use the acclimated larval chart to be safe. Japan Tobacco's study shows a freezer at 32 degrees takes nearly 2 months to kill 100% of the beetles (all stages) They brought in infected bales and put them in freezers at various temps. Then got the old microscope out... it also agrees with Drats 100% kill at -4 F
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04-28-2009, 11:16 PM | #71 |
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Here is the actual Table from the WhitePaper. The times for mortality are in hours. |
04-28-2009, 11:46 PM | #72 |
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Got the first batch in the fridge and in 12 hours they go to the deep freeze for a nice long nap.
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04-29-2009, 08:47 AM | #73 |
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Thanks for making this a sticky!
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04-30-2009, 04:41 PM | #75 |
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Might have been posted but here's a little tidbit of info...
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04-30-2009, 11:08 PM | #77 |
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Thanks SilverFox for the post. To often you can say I had no idea but it pays to read and pay attention. It is better to freeze then to burn!!!
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