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T.G · 08-22-2010, 11:15 AM

You are correct for mold; freezing only kills some active growth and forces the colonies into a dormant state and doesn't kill the spores. Mold spores are pretty much everywhere in the air naturally unless you have a very effective HEPA filter system, so you really can't avoid them. All you can do is keep the humidity down a bit, to avoid growth and colonies forming. I don't recall what the exact RH level is that they grow at, but I don't think I've never seen them form in a humidor kept at 65%RH or less.

08-22-2010, 11:15 AM	#7
T.G Grrrrrr Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: The Other Adam Posts: 15,561 Trading: (37)	Re: Keeping a coolidor...cool You are correct for mold; freezing only kills some active growth and forces the colonies into a dormant state and doesn't kill the spores. Mold spores are pretty much everywhere in the air naturally unless you have a very effective HEPA filter system, so you really can't avoid them. All you can do is keep the humidity down a bit, to avoid growth and colonies forming. I don't recall what the exact RH level is that they grow at, but I don't think I've never seen them form in a humidor kept at 65%RH or less.