Was picking out a couple of sticks for tomorrows fishing trip and noticed these Boli CG singles .They have been left sitting happlily in the bottom drawer of this humidor cabinet for a good while. I took a pic middle of last year of the early bloom top left, the top right pic shows current condition. The cigars are from 98 or 99, cant remember exactly and the bloom has a lovely oily feel to it. Have packed one in the Csonka...
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Originally posted by shooting-glasses View Post
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Originally posted by shooting-glasses View Post
I will confirm tomorrow when it gets smoked
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Originally posted by spacemonkey_no9 View PostThe inmensas sitting on the right are oblivious and mould would have spread.
Originally posted by spacemonkey_no9 View PostI will confirm tomorrow when it gets smoked
Examine the white stuff with a magnifying glass, you will find that it's a fungus, not crystals?
from cubancigarwebsite.com:
Bloom can be distinguished from mould by shining a UV black-light on it in a dark-room.... bloom is reflective, mould is not.
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The bad news?
It's 'mould'. (Without any doubt - Sorry)
The Good news?
I've seen worse.
Remove, clean and smoke the worst affected asap.
Take remedial action to prevent further spreading (Lots of info both in here and on google).
Don't panic - these things happen.Originally posted by DRAGMASTEREvery time I sleep with a girl I smoke a cigar while we do it. It's exciting and makes you feel strong, manly and empowered.
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Yes, definitely mould - you can clearly see it sticks out from the surface of the cigar whereas bloom is just a coating on the surface. Even a low-powered magnifying glass should show it's made up of strands (the fungal mycelia) & not a crystalline powder . It will also feel very slightly damp & sticky when wiped off with fingers. Bloom is not oily - it's dry & powedery crystals.
More than once I bought boxes of cigars in Tenerife that had a bit of mould on the odd stick. Just wiped it off & the sticks were none-the-worse & it never spread to other sticks in the box or other boxes in my humi.
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Mould. And I don't like the way it's traveling down the wrapper spiral of one and is in the foot of another.
The one with the mould in the foot I would toss. The others I would clean off immediately and then make a decision on smoking them.
Mould spores, fungus spores are all in the air, we all of us, breath in millions of them every day.If you want to, you can.
And, if you can, you must!
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100% mould, bloom simply doesn't look like that, no doubt at all.
Make sure your humi is getting enough fresh air.Originally posted by Simon BolivarLittle medical correction there Steve, you will surely die...but not from smoking these
Originally posted by RyanI think that's for lighting electronic cigarettes
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You're lungs are to important to risk a few mouldy cigars, however cleaned.
To cut a long storey short- My friend contacted "Farmers Lung" from dealing with only one batch of mouldy wheat spores. Despite antibiotics etc, sadly 18 months on, it's now turned into the start of emphysema!!! And this guy has never smoked!Cigars & Forums mean all things to all men !
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