think i ruined the lot!!!!

[onzlow]

Hi all .i bought 50 jose l.piedra conservas back from menorca and put them in my humi with my stash of best cubans h.humpman,cohiba and r&j sir winston.the hydromitor said 70% constant but when i looked today all my good ones are feeling chrispy and i smoked a don raymos churchill yesterday and it didnt taste right. I have now moved the jlp's to my tuppador but the ones in there all have a white mold on the ends. Have i ruined them all?

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[Smallclub]

a don raymos churchill?

[onzlow]

My all time fave

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[cigarsam]

a don raymos churchill?

Lol

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[onzlow]

Thanks for the help

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[cigarsam]

You need to make sure it is mold and not plume, the latter is more like a white speckle not too dissimilar to spider webs. This is good and is solidified oil that coats the cigar and is a natural sign of aging. If it is definitely mold it can be wiped down with a dry cloth, or even add some denatured alcohol on... however if the mold is on the foot it has probably got in to the inner layers and you may as well throw it! What do they look like? Got any pics?

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[monkey66]

It is 99.999% mould., not plume. Plume takes years or decades to appear, if at all.

As mentioned as long as it is on the surface it is easily dealt with. The simplest thing is just to brush it off with a soft brush. The more comprehensive job is to lightly wipe the cigars and inside of the box with Isopropyl Alcohol (available from Maplin/Ebay etc). This will leave no odour or negative effects and the mould should never return. When I do this I let the cigars air for an hour or so after cleaning to ensure full evaporation.

[onzlow]

Ive binned the ones with mould on they was little chincheleros so not to bothered and one of the jlp's and taken the humidifer out of the tuppador.they were un humidified in the shop so im thinkin they are a dry type.im more worried about my best ones in my humi it seems when i filled it with the dry jlp's they sucked all the miosture out of everyrhin else now i have taken the jlp's out and just left the good ones in preying that they will re humidify over time

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[pedro]

The JLP are not dry cigars, the mold is from over humidification not under so I dont think they have sucked the humidity out you other cigars. But you never know

[Smallclub]

You've binned cigars because of mold?

btw this thread is incomprehensible. What's the relation between Piedras and apparition of mold? Do I understand that chinchaleros and Don Raymos churchills are mixed with "ryj sir winston" (sic)? Not a good idea IMHO…

[crusse]

this thread is incomprehensible. What's the relation between Piedras and apparition of mold? Do I understand that chinchaleros and Don Raymos churchills are mixed with "ryj sir winston" (sic)? Not a good idea IMHO…

I agree. Mould requires moisture to grow, so either your cigars are too dry and are absorbing the humidity in your humi, or they are too damp and have developed mould. It can't be both. Please could you be clearer about what the problem is - too damp or too dry?

I would also strongly advise separating your cheap NCs from your premium Cubans.

[onzlow]

Lol.ok i have one tuppador and one nice humi.in my nice one i have all my "best" cigars and seperated with a cedar strip.Origionaly i also had 50 jlp's in the other bit on the other side of the strip.when i looked at the cubans they was a tad chrispy so i thought id put them in my tuppador when i opened it the few jlp's that wouldnt fit in my good one aling with 3 chinchleros had mould on the foot.I have now gor just my cubans in my good humi and the jlp in my tuppador. Do u think the cubans will recover?

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[crusse]

I expect that any cigars that haven't been directly affected with mould will be fine. Even the ones with a bit of mould on the foot should be salvageable. But you need to make sure that you have the correct humidity in future. I assume that you have hygrometers in your humi and tupperdor? If I were you, I would calibrate them to make sure that they're accurate. You can do this by placing them in a ziploc bag along with a container filled with saturated salt solution. Leave the hygros in the bag overnight and they should read 75% RH. If they read higher or lower than this then you should adjust them to ensure accuracy.

[onzlow]

Im using a xikar puck in the good one and the stock plastic box with crystals in the tuppador.i calibrated the hydromitor in the good one a cpl of months ago but i havnt got one in the tuppador

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[monkey66]

The cigars should recover fine.

You absolutely need a hydromitor in the tupperdor, over-humidity is almost certainly what caused your problem. You can buy a cheepie on ebay for a few pounds, salt test and off you go.