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02-05-2017, 11:07 PM | #741 |
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02-06-2017, 07:40 AM | #742 |
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Fair enough, however could you tell me why all the material I have seen from cigar makers lists tobacco mold on cigars as a distinctive blue colour?
Also, mold is not hard and crystalline as these speckles are, I have smoked them and the crystals do not degenerate or disappear until either licked (at which point they taste like cane sugar) or smoked again, taste like cane). Perhaps one man's mold is anothers' bloom. |
02-06-2017, 08:00 AM | #743 | |
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Sorry, that's mold.
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You could be dealing with old mold, basically happened some time ago, then the humidity issue was corrected, and the colony stopped growing and dried up. Think of a standing dead tree. Perhaps ignorance is bliss to the misinformed and inexperienced. |
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02-06-2017, 09:31 AM | #744 |
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The few times I have received moldy cigars from a vendor, the mold has been white.
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02-06-2017, 11:46 AM | #745 | |
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Can you point us to such material? If it is blue (or green), it is mold. No pics necessary for that. Cigar makers/retailers telling you that are trying to sell you their $hit.
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02-06-2017, 12:10 PM | #746 | |
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02-06-2017, 12:14 PM | #748 | |
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This is from the very first link googling cigar mold. From JRcigars.
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https://www.jrcigars.com/blending-ro...me/2015/06/22/ |
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02-06-2017, 05:28 PM | #749 | |
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http://www.cigars4dummies.com/cigar-...on-cigars.html Here are pictures describing the difference between white mold and white spots - Plume or bloom. Decide for yourselves. Does it really matter in the long run? As long as it is white, small, crystalline, and hard, if they smoke and taste really good I'll smoke 'em. |
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02-06-2017, 07:01 PM | #750 | |
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02-06-2017, 07:36 PM | #751 |
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02-06-2017, 09:17 PM | #753 |
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I have seen (in my 37 years smoking cigars) plume & mold.
Plume (or bloom) are oils natural to the tobacco, that rise to the surface and crystalize, usually it is spotty (little spots), more like little spots of dust. Mold is more fuzzy, but can be less so, and usually covers more of a cigar, maybe the whole thing. Given the picture shown, I am more inclined to say mold. But, without a more magnified picture, and Alstair's comments I am less certain it is mold. That being said, I'd be suspect of what I see in the pictures as I see it. Just my $.02.
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02-06-2017, 09:19 PM | #754 |
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Another big key would be the foot of the cigar. I have never seen plume there, only mold.
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02-06-2017, 09:20 PM | #755 |
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The white mold won't really hurt you unless it gets inside the foot of the cigar. I'd wipe it off before smoking one of those Padrons though.
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02-07-2017, 07:52 AM | #756 | |
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That many cigars all with different tobaccos from different regions and different ages, all stored at 72 degrees and 72%RH, all magically showing signs of plume is unlikely. Some tobaccos will never develop plume, others can do it quite quickly. Padron cigars undergo some unique handling of their capa leaves, something that removes a lot of the oils and sugars that could potentially lead to plume. Just prior to rolling, rather than store them in a high humidity area, or pass them through this area on a conveyor machine, or use a misting system, right at the back of the rolling floor, Padron actually dunks them repeatedly in buckets of water, and then wrings them out like dirty dish rags. That water is black with compounds coming from the tobacco. This is one of the reasons why Padron wrappers have a unique look & sheen to them. Last edited by T.G; 02-07-2017 at 07:58 AM. |
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11-28-2017, 04:25 AM | #757 | |
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On a personal level (not.a vendor level) adding too much humidity to your humidor can propagate mold for a quick and short period of time. Good advice |
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03-27-2018, 03:25 PM | #758 |
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I have a noob question about air circulation. I recently purchased a tower humidor from Wally World and for some added circulation I installed two 3in axial muffin fans on a repeat cycle timer running for 15sec every 60mins. My question would be.. I there such thing as to much circulation? Should I run it less or more? The max intervals between fan operation is 60min and the run time can be adjusted to whatever I need. Thank you in advance!
For Ref:https://www.cheaphumidors.com/humido...r-humidor.html
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03-27-2018, 04:11 PM | #759 |
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As long as the fans are not building a tornado, you are ok. I leave my lans on all the time. Just my
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03-27-2018, 04:47 PM | #760 |
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I agree with Michael, Kyle.
If it was mine, I'd probably set it to run 15 seconds every 15 minutes, for no good reason other than that's what I think would be good.
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