Ever had a red ash before?

[scoot]

My gut would say its a leaf's mineral content, but I'm no botanist. Could it maybe be due to incomplete combustion to a degree?
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[rizzle]

Originally Posted by CRIMPS

I vote for the label ink running.

Nah, suppose it's possible but I just don't think that is what happened.

Originally Posted by The Poet

Some years back I purchased a box of Flor de A. Allones Favoritas. I smoked the first one out of the box while walking about waiting for my Easter ham to cook. The ash, swear to God, was pink.

Maybe it was minerals in the soil, maybe it was a consequence of the holiday season, or maybe it was because I was puffing on an empty stomach. Still, I swear to this day it was pink. So if you say that's yours was red, I believe you brother.

Awesome. I'm not crazy afterall.

Originally Posted by akumushi

I got this a while back from a Dominican Cohiba, I asked about it on another forum and only got smart ass replies. It's hard to see in the pic, but I did take some. It looked like the wrapper was powdered with something pink or reddish that didn't show until it was smoked. You can see it best on the part of the ash that is still connected to the cigar. Iron can show up red when oxidized (think rust) so whatever caused it, either the soil or something that was sprayed on the leaf, it probably had some kind of iron content that wound up on the cigar, only showing up once it was oxidized (burned).

Clayton, unless your picture just isn't doing it justice, my situation was way more severe than this. But I do see what you're talking about. This ash was vivid pinkish red. And your explanation makes sense to me.

Originally Posted by scoot

My gut would say its a leaf's mineral content, but I'm no botanist. Could it maybe be due to incomplete combustion to a degree?
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I think this is the explanation we'll agree on for now. Just weird that it wasn't the whole cigar. Only about the first inch and the last two or so.

[Col. Kurtz]

Ritchie,

I saw it one time on a PSD4. I'd compare it to a light brick red tint. Kind of cool, and the BEST PSD I've ever had. Wish I knew which ones were going to do it.