Interaction of temp and rh

[NCRadioMan]

Originally Posted by shilala

That's why when we get cc's that never see any air conditioning or cooling whatsoever, seldom if ever do we see any beetles.

Habanos has been freezing for more than 3 years now, fwiw.

Originally Posted by MajorCaptSilly

There was a lot of debate about this years ago on alt.smokers.cigars newsgroup. The conensus was that temperature has little or no effect on cigars (unless you're freezing or baking them). The correlation between temp and RH is non-existant. If you are at 57 degrees and 57% humidity, your cigars may be a little dry for you. If you're at 57 degrees and 75% humidty, you're going to have wet, plugged cigars and maybe some beetles.

MCS

Agreed except high humidity doesn't cause beetles to hatch, high temps do. However, like Carlos and others that can't control temps, some never or seldom see them and others see them often.

[T.G]

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

Habanos has been freezing for more than 3 years now, fwiw.

I thought it was more like 5-6 years ago that they started flash freezing all the finished product prior to shipment?

Prior to the freezing, they had been using fumigation for a few decades (or possibly longer).

[NCRadioMan]

Originally Posted by T.G

I thought it was more like 5-6 years ago that they started flash freezing all the finished product prior to shipment?

Prior to the freezing, they had been using fumigation for a few decades (or possibly longer).

Yeah, I think that's right. I did say more than 3 years.

Time fly's.

[T.G]

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

Yeah, I think that's right. I did say more than 3 years.

Time fly's.

LOL - yeah, it was a poorly phrased response on my part.

[T.G]

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

Agreed except high humidity doesn't cause beetles to hatch, high temps do. However, like Carlos and others that can't control temps, some never or seldom see them and others see them often.