Mrs. dpnewell
6 years ago
I just found fuzzy white mold (I mean plume, lol) in the foot of my last Bucanero Full Sail and Tat '09 Cojonu. I snipped the bottom inch off both and they look clean. Looks like I'll be smoking both of these real soon. This happened a couple years ago with a couple OR Rats and an OR T52. Humidity in all my storage is kept in the high 50s/low 60s and I always use distilled water, so I have no idea why this happened. It has only happened to naked cigars, never to ones in celo. Oh well, heading outside to smoke the Bucanero.

David
Tittums
6 years ago

I just found fuzzy white mold (I mean plume, lol) in the foot of my last Bucanero Full Sail and Tat '09 Cojonu. I snipped the bottom inch off both and they look clean. Looks like I'll be smoking both of these real soon. This happened a couple years ago with a couple OR Rats and an OR T52. Humidity in all my storage is kept in the high 50s/low 60s and I always use distilled water, so I have no idea why this happened. It has only happened to naked cigars, never to ones in celo. Oh well, heading outside to smoke the Bucanero.

David

Mrs. dpnewell wrote:



I have not had to deal with this yet (and I hope I never do) but I am curious about how you proceeded. Did you isolate them and is most of your inventory in cello? Me and my aunt's neighbor have been trading cigars and two that he gave me are the only naked ones I have (I prefer cello on).
Mrs. dpnewell
6 years ago

I have not had to deal with this yet (and I hope I never do) but I am curious about how you proceeded. Did you isolate them and is most of your inventory in cello? Me and my aunt's neighbor have been trading cigars and two that he gave me are the only naked ones I have (I prefer cello on).

Tittums wrote:



If it's on the wrapper, you can usually wipe it off with a soft cloth. If it's in the foot, some will tell you to toss the cigar, but I'm not tossing these two, so I snipped about an inch off the foot. if these where current production cigars, I would have tossed them. The Bucanero is smoking good with no hint of mold. 99.9% of my inventory is in cello, but if I find mold on a naked cigar, I will remove it from storage, and either toss it, or clean it up and smoke it right away. You always want to remove a moldy cigar immediatley, and clean the area where it was sitting, as well as carefully examine all cigars in the area.

David
Tittums
6 years ago

If it's on the wrapper, you can usually wipe it off with a soft cloth. If it's in the foot, some will tell you to toss the cigar, but I'm not tossing these two, so I snipped about an inch off the foot. if these where current production cigars, I would have tossed them. The Bucanero is smoking good with no hint of mold. 99.9% of my inventory is in cello, but if I find mold on a naked cigar, I will remove it from storage, and either toss it, or clean it up and smoke it right away. You always want to remove a moldy cigar immediatley, and clean the are where it was sitting.

David

Mrs. dpnewell wrote:



Thank you for the advice. And yeah, I would agree with the snipping if it's a good cigar. You paid for it after all so you might as well try to save it. Only one way to find out if mold is all the way through without splitting it. Might as well smoke it and find out.
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Dg west deptford
6 years ago
Having recently developed a taste for the San andres leaf I've been buying any San andres I haven't had yet. Got a box of Romeo y Juliet's Media Noche about a month ago and I fired one up immediately. Nice at first but too much ammonia especially at the end so I figured throw them in the bottom and let them rest a few months. Went in the humidor today to pick a premium for the EAGLES game and happened to notice my Media noches are all spotted up with white spots!!! Immediately pulled off all the cellophane, wiped off the spots, checked my humidity (63) put them all back in and am a bit concerned for the rest of my collection now. Any advice would be appreciated! Go birds!
ZRX1200
6 years ago
Don’t buy SA wrappers.
Dg west deptford
6 years ago
Do I look instead for SA in the binder? I'm in love with the RoMa Craft Neanderthal, well aged Casa Turrents and many other such SA offerings. The flavor bomb I get from these has ruined me. Padron 1926 have been my go to and was just told that they're SA wrapped. I thought all padrons were Nicaragua puros but many have told me SA is in most padrons?
Palama
6 years ago

Having recently developed a taste for the San andres leaf I've been buying any San andres I haven't had yet. Got a box of Romeo y Juliet's Media Noche about a month ago and I fired one up immediately. Nice at first but too much ammonia especially at the end so I figured throw them in the bottom and let them rest a few months. Went in the humidor today to pick a premium for the EAGLES game and happened to notice my Media noches are all spotted up with white spots!!! Immediately pulled off all the cellophane, wiped off the spots, checked my humidity (63) put them all back in and am a bit concerned for the rest of my collection now. Any advice would be appreciated! Go birds!

Dg west deptford wrote:



Try this:

1. Check the accuracy of your hydrometer (...salt test...)
2. Check the seal of your humidor (...dollar test...)
3. If the above all check out, maybe buy some 60% or 62% HF beads or Boveda packs and isolate the moldy cigars in a plastic Ziploc with the lower RH.

Actually, do #3 first to avoid any contamination from the moldy cigars.

Good luck!
Mrs. dpnewell
6 years ago

Having recently developed a taste for the San andres leaf I've been buying any San andres I haven't had yet. Got a box of Romeo y Juliet's Media Noche about a month ago and I fired one up immediately. Nice at first but too much ammonia especially at the end so I figured throw them in the bottom and let them rest a few months. Went in the humidor today to pick a premium for the EAGLES game and happened to notice my Media noches are all spotted up with white spots!!! Immediately pulled off all the cellophane, wiped off the spots, checked my humidity (63) put them all back in and am a bit concerned for the rest of my collection now. Any advice would be appreciated! Go birds!

Dg west deptford wrote:



Since you've only had them for a month, and your humidity is 63%, they where probably stored soaking wet before you received them and need time to dry out. Just keep an eye on them.

On a side note, I lived in Audubon for 61 years before I finally escaped last May to Free America in the NC foothills. Dude, you need to escape before Murphy closes down the border.

And of course Go Birds!

David
ZRX1200
6 years ago
I was joking. Listen to Dave ^
Dg west deptford
6 years ago
NC West coast is where I want to go as well! We'd need to take our aging mom's though so we may be stuck in this socialist pit for a minute. MAGA
Dg west deptford
6 years ago
I will take your advice and isolate the mold concern to protect my premos. Thanks!
Tittums
6 years ago

Since you've only had them for a month, and your humidity is 63%, they where probably stored soaking wet before you received them and need time to dry out. Just keep an eye on them.

On a side note, I lived in Audubon for 61 years before I finally escaped last May to Free America in the NC foothills. Dude, you need to escape before Murphy closes down the border.

And of course Go Birds!

David

Mrs. dpnewell wrote:



Aren't most cigars (specifically ones in seal boxes) "over-humidified" from the factory? I know I had a huge spike when I got my first seal box and had to air my humidor out for an hour to get the humidity back down.
izonfire
6 years ago

Went in the humidor today to pick a premium for the EAGLES game and happened to notice my Media noches are all spotted up with white spots!!! Immediately pulled off all the cellophane, wiped off the spots, checked my humidity (63) put them all back in and am a bit concerned for the rest of my collection

Dg west deptford wrote:


Herpes.

Keep your d|ck out of your humidors
Tittums
6 years ago

Herpes.

Keep your d|ck out of your humidors

izonfire wrote:



I wasn't even doing it on purpose, I just get so excited when I turn the LEDs on and become erect. Closed the door on my dong once. Never again.
izonfire
6 years ago

I wasn't even doing it on purpose, I just get so excited when I turn the LEDs on and become erect. Closed the door on my dong once. Never again.

Tittums wrote:


Can’t fault ya there.
Some of those humidors are asking for it...
Mrs. dpnewell
6 years ago

NC West coast is where I want to go as well! We'd need to take our aging mom's though so we may be stuck in this socialist pit for a minute. MAGA

Dg west deptford wrote:



Understood. I wanted to get out 20 years ago, but family commitments and aging parents kept us there. Here's an enticement for you. 2,000 sq. ft. Colonial on the White Horse Pike across from a noisy bar - $8400 property taxes. 1600 sq. ft. rancher on a dead end country road with mountain views - $800 property taxes.

David
crgcpro
6 years ago
I have a box of very old Cuaba Salamones in coffins. I would have to check the date but at least 15 years old I think. I finally opened one a few weeks ago and it was full of mold.

Never had mold in any of my humidors before so it was disturbing to say the least.
Numismaniac
6 years ago
I have only had problems with the paper type folding cartons of fivers of CC's, they are the worst and I keep my coolers at 65% or lower, then add a couple of Boveda 69% once they get to around 60%, I think it's poor air circulation, in my case.

That would really SUCK on those Cuaba's!
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