Thunder.Gerbil
11 years ago
Looked at the photos you sent, they are less odd looking than the one here. Based on your description, it certainly does sound like could be something from the cigar.
t33bone
11 years ago
On my way to help you wipe and smoke.
wheelrite
11 years ago

Oh, it's mine all right. I don't have any idea why you would say that 🤔 unless you are a new guy and don't know much about me. Yes, I have a tower......well, kind of a tower. (6' x 4' x 2') It's directly across the room from the Montague. I have posted pics of it several times here.

Anyway, I know many here are always interested in knowing what plume looks like vs. mold. In my experience, it's really rare that a cuban ever plumes so hence the pic.

In the lower portion of the humi I am using a Cigar Oasis. Over the years I have always had a bit less humidity up in the drawer section for whatever reason. I have tried a couple of computer fans inside but that seems to just dry out everything a bit quicker. After a lot of trial and error, I have gone to these jars up in the drawer and turned off the fans. They seem to help out the drawer area a little better than the fans and seem to work well. With these bigger humi's, it seems to take a while to figure out the exact combination of where to place them and how much humidity to get everything just right.

knokmdwn wrote:



great pic
thanks for sharing.

wheel.
euodias
11 years ago
Obviously the only way to be sure is to smoke one.
knokmdwn
11 years ago
Went back and forth via email with Adam (ThunderGerbil). Did a lot of ruling out this and that, looked at it under a magnifying glass, zoomed in on the pictures, tasted it, smelled it, and so on.

Came to the conclusion that it seems and looks like plume but just has formed a bit out of the ordinary of what we both have generally seen. Not only that but Adam pointed out that it was formed on 2 different brand cigars with different wrappers, which is pretty interesting in itself.

Looking at the cigar in person, it doesn't look near that "coated" as in this picture. I think the flash picked up a lot of it via reflection.
jeferris
11 years ago
Pretty cool Ray...thanks for sharing. You smoke one yet or are you gonna let them get completly coated first?
Bullmastiff
11 years ago
If you want a definitive answer, PM me; I've been a microbiologist in the bio-pharmaceutical industry for >15 years. There's a simple way to differentiate mold; in the spirit of foiling the spread of misinformation (and the love of cigars!) I'd be happy to do it for you.
Thunder.Gerbil
11 years ago

If you want a definitive answer, PM me; I've been a microbiologist in the bio-pharmaceutical industry for >15 years. There's a simple way to differentiate mold; in the spirit of foiling the spread of misinformation (and the love of cigars!) I'd be happy to do it for you.

Bullmastiff wrote:




If it's so simple, then why not just post it? I'm sure other people could benefit from it.
reckless
11 years ago

If it's so simple, then why not just post it? I'm sure other people could benefit from it.

Thunder.Gerbil wrote:


+1 that would be cool
soljazbo
11 years ago

If you want a definitive answer, PM me; I've been a microbiologist in the bio-pharmaceutical industry for >15 years. There's a simple way to differentiate mold; in the spirit of foiling the spread of misinformation (and the love of cigars!) I'd be happy to do it for you.

Bullmastiff wrote:



Interesting
Please skip the Pm, and Inform us all.


Jazbo
knokmdwn
11 years ago
PM sent. We will see what he has to say.
Bullmastiff
11 years ago
sorry guys, didn't mean to make it seem like a secret. Collecting the sample is the simple part: lightly touch the suspect area with the sticky side of a 2-3" piece of Scotch tape. The tape is then prepped and examined under microscope for presence of mold cells / spores.
knokmdwn
11 years ago

sorry guys, didn't mean to make it seem like a secret. Collecting the sample is the simple part: lightly touch the suspect area with the sticky side of a 2-3" piece of Scotch tape. The tape is then prepped and examined under microscope for presence of mold cells / spores.

Bullmastiff wrote:



Sure, that sounds easy enough. I'll just stick it under my microscope and have a look see. Mold cells & spores........ya, I've seen those..........this is no shiit....there was this chick once............................................
knokmdwn
11 years ago
Joe, will send the sample tomorrow!! This should be interesting.




{you guys didn't really think I was smart enough to know what anything looked like under a microscope did ya? Well, except maybe boobs. Wow, they would be really big!!!}
Thunder.Gerbil
11 years ago
Ray, I thought you said you looked at these under a loupe and didn't see any stalks or anything that looked like growth? Not that a microscope isn't better.
knokmdwn
11 years ago

Ray, I thought you said you looked at these under a loupe and didn't see any stalks or anything that looked like growth? Not that a microscope isn't better.

Thunder.Gerbil wrote:




Used a magnifying glass. No, no stocks, leaves or branches.
spectresquad
11 years ago
Dust off the cigar into a petrie dish and leave the petrie dish in the humidor next to the cigars,if the stuff grows it is mold.
zody
11 years ago
If it has a crystalline feel to it when you brush so me off, and feels slightly granular it's plume and wiping or dusting it away won't leave a mark on the wrapper where it was. Plume is made up of the oils from the wrapper that have crystalized. It typically affects the entire cigar but not always if it is just developing.
If it feels dusty, tacky or othrewise it's mold. It won't brush off and it will have a pattern to the growth.
Not trying give offense but the fact that it's concentrated near the humification source and not the entire cigar really looks suspect, I certainly hope it's not, it's a tragedy to have mold attack precious cigars that are being stored and aged.
DaQueenBeez
11 years ago

no, stalker here. i have been lurking here for a very long time and just now decided to join the forum. I do have a
very good memory and do know an awful lot about all of you. this IS a public forum, you know..
..

people on here have been known to post picks like this knowing full well it was mold but saying "look at all the
plume my smokes have".......

propeller wrote:





Yeeeaaahhh...sorry, but the creep-factor in that statement is fairly high.
tj2001cobra
11 years ago
fuqn noob. that is mold...
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