Mold. A little word of warning to all BOTL who store.....

[tippexx]

boxes in Tuppadors.


Please check your boxes regularly. Not just open them and have a quick look at the top layer but thoroughly.

Reason: This morning I decided to check all mine. In one box I found mold. The box was at the bottom in the furthest (coldest) corner of the tup. The mold was not on the cigars in any significance, but rather was growing in neat parallel lines in the curvature space between the cigars both on the cedar divider and on the box base. The cigars have been wiped and quarantined into a small tuppador and put into the freezer. The box and divider I've cleaned with Ronsonol (which evaporates quickly and the smell vanishes in a few minutes). The box is now in a zip-lock and it too is in the freezer, which (I hope) will kill off any remaining mold spores.

Gentlemen, check your tups, check your boxes.

[St. Ultimate]

thanks for the heads up!
I'm waiting for my first humidor to be delivered at the moment,
This is something I'll remember to look out for!!

[cbob]

AFAIK, mold spores freeze quite well.

Probably just as successful to just wipe the cigar box and dry thoroughly, and make sure all the cigars are wiped clean. Always works for me.

OK, I'll admit it: I'm just not that in to freezing those delicate CAPs(Cuban Agricultural Products)

[Soulmanure]

The thought of it gives me that feeling of having ingested twenty or so double espressos.

[Smallclub]

AFAIK, mold spores freeze quite well.

Probably just as successful to just wipe the cigar box and dry thoroughly, and make sure all the cigars are wiped clean. Always works for me.

OK, I'll admit it: I'm just not that in to freezing those delicate CAPs(Cuban Agricultural Products)

Agreed! Freezing is completely useless in this situation.

[tippexx]

Originally Posted by cbob
AFAIK, mold spores freeze quite well.

OK, I'll admit it: I'm just not that in to freezing those delicate CAPs(Cuban Agricultural Products)

No. Apparently the spores will not survive freezing.

Why not. The Cubans did before you got them.

Agreed! Freezing is completely useless in this situation.

Not if you're careful and give them a day or so in the refrigerator after freezing .... cigars or boxes will come to no harm.

[Watkins]

Best thing for mold is light, put it directly under a lamp for 24 hours or so..well that's what I'm told atleast. Freezing doesn't kill a large amount of mold spores so can come back.