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How bad is it? Pictures? How humid is your humidor? How many cigars is it affecting?
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What color is it. A light gray color is a normal part of aging. If it is black or green it is mold. I picked up a Ashton VSG at my local B&M and got a lesson on how to ID this. If you are not sure, take one to you local and see what they say.
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That doesn't look good. Cut off a 1/4 inch off the foot of the cigar and see if mold is still there. If so, cut another 1/4 inch and check. If still there, I would toss them. If not, wipe down the rest of the cigar and keep them in a proper environment. Anything under 70%.
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Never heard that before. I've got a number of 20+ year old cigars and none are a light gray color. Frankly, most b&m's don't know the difference between mold and plume. Plume takes a long time to appear (years) and if you bought a recently produced VSG, it will not have plume but mold. Mold can be gray. I opened 4 boxes of VSG's yesterday as a matter of fact and all of them were sopping wet and was starting to develop mold.
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I was told that lite gray spots may appear on a cigar as it ages. It wipes right off. When I first saw it I thought it was mold. Thanks for pointing that out to me. I am still learning myself.
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Your instinct is correct. That is mold. Plume may appear on a well aged cigar but appears as a light, uniform, dusting on the entire cigar. Not spotty. Spotty=mold.
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thanks for the replies but it turns out that it was mold and I had to chuck 6 of the 8 so thats not so bad. I have my stash of good ones in a little acrylic humi that are fine.
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Hi Guys - I'm new to Cigars and to the site and had a question about my humi set-up.
The humi is about a 150ct and I was going to get 8oz of Shilala's beads for the humi. My Question is.. is it better to get one 8oz bag of beads and keep it at the bottom or top of the humidor OR is it better to get two 4oz bags and keep one at the bottom level and one on the top level. Is there a better combination? Does it even matter? Thanks in advance for the help. |
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So size doesn't matter, mystery solved!!
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That's guys saying that...more important what women say.
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Er, GREAT point!!!
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Thanks for all the insights guys. I appreciate it. I'm thinking i'm going to outgrow my 150ct REALLY quickly.
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How are your cigars smoking? That is more important than a number. It will be difficult to get the Rh higher without raising the temperature. Put a hygrometer inside a box and take a reading. I dont know if the Edgestar uses a compressor or a peltier cooler, if its a compressor you will need an external temp controller to raise the temp to 65.
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