MOLD!!! Help!!

[BUCASmoker]

Originally Posted by Bax

Are you using the analog hygro by any chance? If you are dump it and get a digital. Those dial gauges are almost worthless.

digital. did a salt test, and it was 100% right on

[troutbreath]

Not to hijack, but . . .


Why do Anejo's mold more easily than other cigars wrapped in cedar?

Originally Posted by troutbreath

Not to hijack, but . . .


Why do Anejo's mold more easily than other cigars wrapped in cedar?

probably because the tobacco was more moist when it was rolled.

[Bax]

Originally Posted by troutbreath

Not to hijack, but . . .


Why do Anejo's mold more easily than other cigars wrapped in cedar?

Most belive it's the extra sugar in the wrapper. They're aged in old whiskey barrels and as a result they get mold under the sleeve very easily. Even in ideal conditions.

[shilala]

My outside humidor was up to about 70%.
I stuck the whole thing in the fridge, propped open the lid, and dried it out in a few days.
It's settled right in at 64%.
The RH in the fridge is about 40%.
When I took it out, I immediately closed it so there would be no condensation on the sticks. The outside was cold also, and I just wiped the water off of her as she warmed up from the outside in.
If the humi doesn't seal, and it sounds as if it doesn't at all, you can fix it using some foam and a clasp. Either that, or throw it away and use a rubbermaid container.

[BUCASmoker]

I put the smokes in 2 gallon size freezer bags, with a bag of beads in each... still at 77% after 24 hours... what the heck is going on?

[shilala]

Originally Posted by BUCASmoker

I put the smokes in 2 gallon size freezer bags, with a bag of beads in each... still at 77% after 24 hours... what the heck is going on?

The beads assumed the RH from the leaky humi. You have to readjust them. Read the directions, brother.

get a cooler, and use some ice packs to lower the humidity inside it..

[BUCASmoker]

Originally Posted by shilala

The beads assumed the RH from the leaky humi. You have to readjust them. Read the directions, brother.

I'll put them in the freezer this evening and try to get them lower. Buying a cooler this afternoon

[shilala]

Originally Posted by BUCASmoker

I'll put them in the freezer this evening and try to get them lower. Buying a cooler this afternoon

Put them in the fridge right now, and they'll probably be down low enough to use when you get your cooler. The fridge will dry them out pretty good.
THE MOMENT you take them out of the firdge you have to put them in a ziplock and suck the air out, or water will condense on them and you'll have defeated your purpose.
It will take multiple, multiple adjustments to get those soggy cigars dried out. It's not going to take a couple days, it's gonna take weeks or months.
It didn't take two days to get them soggy, ya know?

[BUCASmoker]

Originally Posted by shilala

Put them in the fridge right now, and they'll probably be down low enough to use when you get your cooler. The fridge will dry them out pretty good.
THE MOMENT you take them out of the firdge you have to put them in a ziplock and suck the air out, or water will condense on them and you'll have defeated your purpose.
It will take multiple, multiple adjustments to get those soggy cigars dried out. It's not going to take a couple days, it's gonna take weeks or months.
It didn't take two days to get them soggy, ya know?

Most of the cigars arent soggy... just a few here and there.