I just received a box of Montecristo No 2 and it has white spots on all the cigars. I wanted to see if this was bloom or mold? Thanks for any help! See below pictures:
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Bloom or Mold?
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Smokinfine
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Re: Bloom or Mold?
I would say from those pictures it is probably 99% mold on them. :'(
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slojave
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Re: Bloom or Mold?
Can I salvage them or is this a lost cause?
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Starz26
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Re: Bloom or Mold?
[quote author=slojave link=topic=7951.msg42342#msg42342 date=1299028647]
Can I salvage them or is this a lost cause?
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As long as it is not on the foot of the cigar, wipe them off and smoke them. If you plan on storing for a while after wiping them off, seperate them from your other cigars to store them so the mold does not spread.
Can I salvage them or is this a lost cause?
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As long as it is not on the foot of the cigar, wipe them off and smoke them. If you plan on storing for a while after wiping them off, seperate them from your other cigars to store them so the mold does not spread.
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slojave
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Re: Bloom or Mold?
Is putting them in the refrigerator an option? There is no mold on the foot but I do not have a separate humidor so I need to figure out a place to put them.
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Starz26
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Re: Bloom or Mold?
[quote author=slojave link=topic=7951.msg42348#msg42348 date=1299029406]
Is putting them in the refrigerator an option? There is no mold on the foot but I do not have a separate humidor so I need to figure out a place to put them.
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DO NOT put them in the refrigerator. The humidity is way to low in there.
Best option is to get a tupperware container and a bovida pack or something to put in with them..
Keeping them with other stick will put the rest of your collection at risk.
Is putting them in the refrigerator an option? There is no mold on the foot but I do not have a separate humidor so I need to figure out a place to put them.
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DO NOT put them in the refrigerator. The humidity is way to low in there.
Best option is to get a tupperware container and a bovida pack or something to put in with them..
Keeping them with other stick will put the rest of your collection at risk.
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slojave
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Re: Bloom or Mold?
I just brushed them off. Put them in a ziploc bag with a boveda 69. In terms of long term storage, what is your advice? TIA
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Starz26
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Re: Bloom or Mold?
[quote author=slojave link=topic=7951.msg42362#msg42362 date=1299031706]
I just brushed them off. Put them in a ziploc bag with a boveda 69. In terms of long term storage, what is your advice? TIA
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For just a few sticks, the tupperware.
I just brushed them off. Put them in a ziploc bag with a boveda 69. In terms of long term storage, what is your advice? TIA
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For just a few sticks, the tupperware.
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WadeFillingame
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Re: Bloom or Mold?
For the record, mold wipes off, and as stated above, if it is not on the foot no biggie.
I've seen "bloom" a couple of times over the years. Bloom looks like tiny glitter in the sunlight,
First time I saw "bloom" was when I pulled the cedar off of a PerfeXion X standing on the bow of a boat, sunlight hit the stick and it looked like it had been rolled in glitter. Tiny crystals covered the cigar where it had been protected by the cedar wrapper. I've noticed it on other cigars, but you need good lighting or you'll miss it. It is not particularly obvious. Because of their darker color it tends to be more noticeable on maduros.
Anything else is just mold, don't let anyone fool you.
Mold on the other hand I've noticed many times in walk-ins, cigars that I've received and on occasion in a humidor of mine that got too wet. Mold can be white dots or a fine white and dust like, in either case it wipes off and is of little consequence to the cigar. Another thing that will happen in walkins with active humidification is that impurities in the humidification water will accumulate like dust on the cigars stored in them.. It's just that, dust.
I've seen "bloom" a couple of times over the years. Bloom looks like tiny glitter in the sunlight,
First time I saw "bloom" was when I pulled the cedar off of a PerfeXion X standing on the bow of a boat, sunlight hit the stick and it looked like it had been rolled in glitter. Tiny crystals covered the cigar where it had been protected by the cedar wrapper. I've noticed it on other cigars, but you need good lighting or you'll miss it. It is not particularly obvious. Because of their darker color it tends to be more noticeable on maduros.
Anything else is just mold, don't let anyone fool you.
Mold on the other hand I've noticed many times in walk-ins, cigars that I've received and on occasion in a humidor of mine that got too wet. Mold can be white dots or a fine white and dust like, in either case it wipes off and is of little consequence to the cigar. Another thing that will happen in walkins with active humidification is that impurities in the humidification water will accumulate like dust on the cigars stored in them.. It's just that, dust.