One Of My Worst Cigar Fears Happened, Mold…

[josh lucky 13]

They are the Anejo Reserva No.46

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[LazyLightning]

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Good ole Admiral Ackbar

[Old Smokey]

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Be vewy vewy qwiet, I'm hunting wabbits.

[josh lucky 13]

Be vewy vewy qwiet, I'm hunting wabbits.

I tried to warn people when you shipped your ss package. I try to warn people here. I know the destruction you can bring!

[LazyLightning]

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My brain apparently took far to long to catch on…

I want to thank each and every one of you for helping me through this.
I am almost through all the cigars in that humidor, and so far no mold on any of them, or on the trays/wood. I’m grateful I caught it early, especially after seeing some nightmare fuel online, of humidors overrun with it.

I’ll update when I completely done with it.

[Old Smokey]

I’m glad to hear you caught it early on. Did you wipe off the 46’s and clip off the foot of the worst offenders for inspection? They appeared to all be salvageable.

[LazyLightning]

I’m glad to hear you caught it early on. Did you wipe off the 46’s and clip off the foot of the worst offenders for inspection? They appeared to all be salvageable.

Thanks Steve,
I took all the cedar sleeves off, and found there was no mold at all on the wrappers, of the Anejos. Just the bit on the foot seen in the images. I cut approximately 1/2” off of each one, and all I saw was tobacco. I’m setting up another small tupperdor for them, I just don’t feel comfortable putting them back in with the rest.

From now on, all cedar sleeves on any stick, will be removed immediately.

I still have the bottom level to go through, about 60-80 more cigars. I am hopeful none of them will have an issue either. Then it’s time to put everything back in.

[Old Smokey]

Thanks Steve,
I took all the cedar sleeves off, and found there was no mold at all on the wrappers, of the Anejos. Just the bit on the foot seen in the images. I cut approximately 1/2” off of each one, and all I saw was tobacco. I’m setting up another small tupperdor for them, I just don’t feel comfortable putting them back in with the rest.

From now on, all cedar sleeves on any stick, will be removed immediately.

I still have the bottom level to go through, about 60-80 more cigars. I am hopeful none of them will have an issue either. Then it’s time to put everything back in.

Chris, it sounds like you are going to come through this in good shape. Because of what you found I am going to check my cedar sleeved cigars when I organize soon to make sure I'm not having the same problem.

[LazyLightning]

Well, I had a lot of help from you guys.

I know, I’m going to go through my footlocker next week, just to make sure, all my sleeping boxes are ok. This can make you paranoid if you let it, lol!

I’ve wondered, at least in a wood humidor, if the introduction of small fans to gently circulate the air inside might help also? I would think, it would cut down on “dead spots”, but I’ll have to research before doing anything like that.

[Old Smokey]

Well, I had a lot of help from you guys.

I know, I’m going to go through my footlocker next week, just to make sure, all my sleeping boxes are ok. This can make you paranoid if you let it, lol!

I’ve wondered, at least in a wood humidor, if the introduction of small fans to gently circulate the air inside might help also? I would think, it would cut down on “dead spots”, but I’ll have to research before doing anything like that.

I would imagine a fan would certainly help Chris. Do you get into get into the footlocker very often? Maybe just burping it once in a while would be sufficient? But I'm no expert so hopefully someone else will chime in.