Beginner Questions (Ask Them Here!)

[pnoon]

mk05, is that you?

Be nice.

[Yamasa]

mk05, is that you?

Sorry, I don't know who that is.
Given the next post perhaps it is for the better.

[RevSmoke]

I have seen (in my 37 years smoking cigars) plume & mold.

Plume (or bloom) are oils natural to the tobacco, that rise to the surface and crystalize, usually it is spotty (little spots), more like little spots of dust.

Mold is more fuzzy, but can be less so, and usually covers more of a cigar, maybe the whole thing.

Given the picture shown, I am more inclined to say mold. But, without a more magnified picture, and Alstair's comments I am less certain it is mold.

That being said, I'd be suspect of what I see in the pictures as I see it.

Just my $.02.

[RevSmoke]

Another big key would be the foot of the cigar. I have never seen plume there, only mold.

[icehog3]

The white mold won't really hurt you unless it gets inside the foot of the cigar. I'd wipe it off before smoking one of those Padrons though.

[T.G]

The white mold won't really hurt you unless it gets inside the foot of the cigar. I'd wipe it off before smoking one of those Padrons though.

Padrons, and Dirty Rats, and, and, and "many of them".

That many cigars all with different tobaccos from different regions and different ages, all stored at 72 degrees and 72%RH, all magically showing signs of plume is unlikely.

Some tobaccos will never develop plume, others can do it quite quickly.

Padron cigars undergo some unique handling of their capa leaves, something that removes a lot of the oils and sugars that could potentially lead to plume. Just prior to rolling, rather than store them in a high humidity area, or pass them through this area on a conveyor machine, or use a misting system, right at the back of the rolling floor, Padron actually dunks them repeatedly in buckets of water, and then wrings them out like dirty dish rags. That water is black with compounds coming from the tobacco. This is one of the reasons why Padron wrappers have a unique look & sheen to them.

[N2Advnture]

...you could be dealing with old mold, basically happened some time ago, then the humidity issue was corrected, and the colony stopped growing and dried up. Think of a standing dead tree...

This is over looked a lot.

On a personal level (not.a vendor level) adding too much humidity to your humidor can propagate mold for a quick and short period of time.

Good advice

[Hippi3Slay3r]

I have a noob question about air circulation. I recently purchased a tower humidor from Wally World and for some added circulation I installed two 3in axial muffin fans on a repeat cycle timer running for 15sec every 60mins. My question would be.. I there such thing as to much circulation? Should I run it less or more? The max intervals between fan operation is 60min and the run time can be adjusted to whatever I need. Thank you in advance! :)

For Ref:https://www.cheaphumidors.com/humidors/large-humidors/the-tower-cigar-humidor.html

[CigarNut]

As long as the fans are not building a tornado, you are ok. I leave my lans on all the time. Just my :2

[icehog3]

I agree with Michael, Kyle.

If it was mine, I'd probably set it to run 15 seconds every 15 minutes, for no good reason other than that's what I think would be good. :D

[N2Advnture]

I agree with Michael, Kyle.
If it was mine, I'd probably set it to run 15 seconds every 15 minutes, for no good reason other than that's what I think would be good. :D

I was thinking the same thing for the same reason lol

[hwgoesit]

I run mine 30 min on and 30 off (cheap mechanical timer). I also have a few laptop cooling fans that run 24/7. Humidity rises, my humi is 6.5 feet tall, so I like to circulate the air to keep the moisture even.

[Hippi3Slay3r]

Thanks for the advise ill have to experiment with my set up and see what works best for me and my already cluttered set up, Seriously who knew a couple coolers held so much :tu

[sarahsmith]

Hello
My name is Sarah Smith and I am new to this Cigar Asylum, can someone please help me on "how to review someone's profile".

Thanks.

[icehog3]

Hello
My name is Sarah Smith and I am new to this Cigar Asylum, can someone please help me on "how to review someone's profile".

Thanks.

Single click on their username, and there will be a drop down box with that option among the options.

P.S....I am removing your signature line as we don't permit those types of ads in signatures on Cigar Asylum. Thanks in advance for understanding.

[cigarmon]

You could also go to BuyLittleCigars.com, and they also will help you out with any cigar questions you may have. They have been really helpful with all my cigar needs.

[AdamJoshua]

:lr

[icehog3]

You could also go to BuyLittleCigars.com, and they also will help you out with any cigar questions you may have. They have been really helpful with all my cigar needs.

Do they have some big cigars? I really like big cigars. I rarely BuyLittleCigars.