Mold

htown · 05-18-2012, 08:19 PM

Ok- when getting a cigar to smoke out of my humidor, I found a little mold on one cigar at the foot. I threw the cigar away, but my question is-should I freeze the rest of my cigars or just keep an eye out? I looked and could not find any other mold on any cigar in that humidor.

bobarian · 05-18-2012, 08:23 PM

Freezing will not prevent mold. You need to keep your Rh lower than approximately 75%. If the mold is not into the foot or blue/green, just wipe it off and smoke away.

htown · 05-18-2012, 08:50 PM

Oh yeah freezing is for beetles. I thought I was keeping it below 75%- I have the 65% beads. Maybe I need to rotate the cigars more often or something.

trendo · 05-18-2012, 10:10 PM

If you got 65 beads, mold should not be a problem. Make sure your humidor is not in the sun, that makes mold like crazy. I am smoking a liberty 08 as we speak, it was moldy, just wiped it off. Smoked a cohiba lancero last week, mold was in the foot, I chopped off an inch and went for it. Most guys wont chance it if its in the foot.........I just could not get myself to toss the lancero.

Weelok · 05-19-2012, 02:20 AM

Just wipe it off and smoke it. It may have been mineral growth. Newly rolled cigars have the bunched filler wet and it exhausts if you'll pardon the expression out the foot. This could cause mold or it could create mineral deposits which are white and hard. Either way it's not blue so wipe or clip it off.

Graycliff had this problem so much that I quit tossing them and just smoked them right away. Ticked me off though so I quit buying them.

weak_link · 05-19-2012, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Weelok

Graycliff had this problem so much that I quit tossing them and just smoked them right away. Ticked me off though so I quit buying them.

I smoke a lot of Graycliff cigars and have never had a problem with mold. Maybe it's your vendor.

05-18-2012, 08:19 PM	#1
htown Feeling at Home Join Date: Dec 2008 First Name: Mike Location: Sugar Land Posts: 877 Trading: (29)	Mold Ok- when getting a cigar to smoke out of my humidor, I found a little mold on one cigar at the foot. I threw the cigar away, but my question is-should I freeze the rest of my cigars or just keep an eye out? I looked and could not find any other mold on any cigar in that humidor.

05-18-2012, 08:23 PM	#2
bobarian Cranky Habanophile Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Wine Country Posts: 8,869 Trading: (51)	Re: Mold Freezing will not prevent mold. You need to keep your Rh lower than approximately 75%. If the mold is not into the foot or blue/green, just wipe it off and smoke away.

05-18-2012, 08:50 PM	#3
htown Feeling at Home Join Date: Dec 2008 First Name: Mike Location: Sugar Land Posts: 877 Trading: (29)	Re: Mold Oh yeah freezing is for beetles. I thought I was keeping it below 75%- I have the 65% beads. Maybe I need to rotate the cigars more often or something. Last edited by htown; 05-18-2012 at 08:51 PM. Reason: typo

05-18-2012, 10:10 PM	#4
trendo Still Watching My Back Join Date: Jan 2012 First Name: Troy Location: Maui Posts: 223 Trading: (16)	Re: Mold If you got 65 beads, mold should not be a problem. Make sure your humidor is not in the sun, that makes mold like crazy. I am smoking a liberty 08 as we speak, it was moldy, just wiped it off. Smoked a cohiba lancero last week, mold was in the foot, I chopped off an inch and went for it. Most guys wont chance it if its in the foot.........I just could not get myself to toss the lancero.

05-19-2012, 02:20 AM	#5
Weelok I'm nuts for the place Join Date: Jul 2011 First Name: Dave Location: Reno, NV Posts: 4,088 Trading: (21)	Re: Mold Just wipe it off and smoke it. It may have been mineral growth. Newly rolled cigars have the bunched filler wet and it exhausts if you'll pardon the expression out the foot. This could cause mold or it could create mineral deposits which are white and hard. Either way it's not blue so wipe or clip it off. Graycliff had this problem so much that I quit tossing them and just smoked them right away. Ticked me off though so I quit buying them.