Help do I have mold?

[landhoney]

Originally Posted by bonjing

but in order to remove the mold, you have to kill its roots. doesn't the mold on the surface of the stick also root through and into the stick?

I think there is something to this. I have wiped off mold on a few sticks in a box (from vendor, arrived that way), and it reappeared on those same sticks later (a couple days). My storage conditions are fine, no other cigars had mold. So it must have still been present after the wipe down. Although after that second round of wiping it did not return. Maybe the cigars were just still too wet. Anyway, the lesson I learned was to check back soon after wiping cigars down, don't assume they're now fine because they are in proper storage conditions.