Maybe you should post a photo in the photo section, and see what the brothers here have to say.

David

Oh I'm sure it's plume. The crystals are beautiful! will do tho.

what are you running your humidor at? temp/rh and where in the US are you? I get plume on my sticks at around 6 months on some cigars at 68/68

I smoked one @ first signs of plume and it was excellent...6 months-im at 8 with the Daruma Lancero and maybe will pull one out this weekend. I can hear Opel in my ear about this post.

I am going to say this leads me to believe that mold is much more likely than plume here. Also, using the word sticks as in plural and its a common thing among your humidor is another sign it is mold. Plume is not common at all and I have never seen it on anything I have owned. It is not because of storage conditions or any other reason besides the fact that it is almost a mythical occurrence.

I posted a pic for all u haters. Please take into account that the boutique blend cigars already have age on em! There is no green just white crystals on em. Lick your chops boys...

Plume in 6 months?

Lucky guy.....................................maybe unlucky

Haters???? Dude, I was concerned about your cigars, especially since you are adding new ones into the storage. No hate here. I've seen dozens of photos posted by brothers who thought they had plume. Everyone of them was wrong. Mold on cigars is usually very fine, very white and looks a lot like plume.

Serious question. Does any of this "plume" appear in the foot of the cigar?

David

Right on I appreciate that. I posted the pic but its not showing. How long does it take? The foot has no plume, just some caps and sides. The sides have an even slight dusting...mold to me grows differently to me and is not crystaline to my knowledge.

Another easy test is to look at it with a magnifying glass.

And, check other cigars.....plume doesn't spread.....mold does.

also, you're getting a 68 RH reading, but if not properly calibrated, you could be running well into the 70's RH...

hope you're right. I've seen just a few over the years, never close to 6 months though. A couple had a cheese kind of smell and tasted great.

No one is rooting against you. Hope you are correct.

is this your stash?

https://tinyurl.com/y52khteq 

just kiddin Bro!

Ha

Its only on my Darumas they have been in my coolerdor the longest everything else from last yr has been enjoyed. But i did wipe em down and zip lock them just in case.

Yes the plume came off on my finger with a swipe.

hahaha, i had to cut n paste that