Thread: gah, MOLD!

the little voice in my head told me to check the humidor tonight.

sure enough, tiny tiny specs of black mold starting to grow on the humidifier. ugh. piece of crap.

it's time for a new humidor and digi hygrometer.

i guess the CI humidor can stick around for the cheap smokes i give people that dont know what theyre smoking

what % humidity was your hygro at? Did you use distilled water to soak your humidifier?

distilled, was even very sterile about filling it and all that... no idea as to the % RH as it was such a small humi i had no hygrometer in there... but with close to $300 in cigars that was a stoopid idea.

not so bad... i lost $1200 worth of cigars last year to beetles. i was given cigars that were infected and wiped out my whole humidor.

ouch

still sucks! but it taught me to be much more careful. hopefully it does the same for you.

yea you need a hygrometer... your humidour most likely was too humid hence the formation of mold.

always sucks, had some beetles in some i picked up, became really anal from that point forwards about humidity etc

Must have been over 80% humidity.

Originally Posted by JLMTX83

always sucks, had some beetles in some i picked up, became really anal from that point forwards about humidity etc

In most cases cigars get beetles from an infestation within the cigar retailer's store. Many manufacturers put there cigars through a process to eliminate beetles & bugs.