mold suspicion

[Ghabanos]

how can I identify if it is mold? I am seeing shades of green below the wrapper also on some of my sticks. are these still smokable?

please help...

How do I avoid this? Humi is at 62-63 RH. it is a bit hot, but I live in an area with tropical Temp...80deg F in the Humi

trini - green spots

BHK - shades of green below the wrapper

[zuma]

To me they look like leaf "beauty spots", I have seen them a few times on trini reyes. Also, since there appears to be no intrinsic "fuzziness" on the spots (a characteristic of mold), thus IMHO it seems unlikely to be mold.

[CaptainQuintero]

I know Trini are supposed to have a green tint to them, but I've only ever had a single of them so by no means an expert on them.

http://www.cigars4dummies.com/cigar-repair...-on-cigars.html

If you're sure your humidity is ok then it looks like it probably isn't mold, they look more like leaf defects to me. It doesn't look like mold to me (it isn't fuzzy/hairy) but luckily I haven't ever seen it in the flesh so I couldn't say 100%

[ramon_cojones]

Send those to me asap and I'll take care of the mold problem for you. I can't guarantee they will be returned however

[gigabyte056]

Easiest check, try to wipe it off, mold comes off, discolorations that have no affect on taste do not...

[LeafLover]

I don't think it's mold. I believe, from someone else's post, that it's water droplets that has discolored the leaf sometime during the cigar drying/curing process. Don't quote me on this.

But if it wipes off, it's definitely mold.

[El Presidente]

Just a common wrapper blemmish due to a water droplet/sun

[Puros Y Vino]

Not mold. If it does not wipe off nothing is growing on it. I have those blemishes on the odd cigar. Sacrifice it tonight for good luck.

[Guest 321contact]

how many cigars are like that? as others have said mold should wipe off. its nice and fuzzy, grows on the surface of things. Mold can stain but is still would have powdery spores to wipe off.

ps. clip your thumbnail

[Diamondog]

The green spots can come from water spots on the wrapper

[Dbone]

I'm with the rest, look like "Frog Eyes". Areas found on the wrapper which for any number of reasons do not fully cure while in the curing barns.

Does not affect flavor.

[MadMax]

Don't look like mold to me either. In the last issue of Smoke magazine there's a good article on mold & plume.

[Ghabanos]

Thanks all for your help... I am returning these to the Humi now...

Absolutely no fuzz and cannot wipe off as all of u have described...

Send those to me asap and I'll take care of the mold problem for you. I can't guarantee they will be returned however

Ramon - there are some in the mail. I can't guarantee they won't get lost...

I am cheap - no tracking...

how many cigars are like that? as others have said mold should wipe off. its nice and fuzzy, grows on the surface of things. Mold can stain but is still would have powdery spores to wipe off.

ps. clip your thumbnail

Done - see attached... not manicure quality, but done

[Ghabanos]

Unrelated but how do I avoid my sticks cracking? Is it just too dry?? See the crack on the bhk...

[CaptainQuintero]

Cracks have only appeared for me when re-humidifying a stick too quickly, or when Rob leaves the camera running by accident and Ken's shorts were gradually loosing their battle with gravity.

I haven't seen sticks get cracks by being too dry but then again I haven't really had anything go below 60% as far as I know