Plume or Mold?

[btrout]

I opened a nearly empty box of Monte #2's that had 4 remaining cigars in it. To my wonder all 4 cigars had this fluffy white stuff on them only on the heads above the band. It brushes off fairly easily and I'm leaning towards it being plume, but I'd like another opinion.

What do you think?

Thanks for your help.

Bob

[investandprosper]

Mold .... Plume isn't fuzzy.

[hdryder]

No doubt its mold

[rcarlson]

Mold.

[rckymtn22]

X4

[Smallclub]

If you have to ask, it's mold.

[android]

Brush & smoke...

[CaptainQuintero]

It's mould but it's the harmless white stuff that is ok as long as it's not got into the stick. Just brush it off and smoke them sooner rather than later : )

[Rushman]

Mold, brush off, smoke, repeat

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[Jszeto]

I hope I'm not the only one but I see this frequently on Monte 2's where the head gets moldy.

[nikesupremedunk]

My first box was a 6 month old Monte 2 and it had very slight mold on foot. I had to slice off maybe 1/8th inch of the foot and it was fine but on the head it's no problem at all. Like others said, brush it off and smoke it. I also agree, I see this a lot with monte 2's for some reason...

[Blakes]

Yup, i had a box of montes where there was mold on the head of a few. Didn't affect the cigars though imo.

[Jnaube]

Mold.

[btrout]

Dang! Well, that is a disappointment.

But I'm taking your advice and smoking one now.

Thanks guys.

Bob

[SerieT]

mold!!

[Professor Twain]

The good kind of mold on the good end of the cigar

[btrout]

The good kind of mold on the good end of the cigar

That begs the question, what is the bad kind of mold?

[CaptainQuintero]

That begs the question, what is the bad kind of mold?

blue, green, yellow any colour other than white. Also if it is not just won the wrapper which can be brushed off, but throughout the inside of the cigar.

[braveheart655]

Not as much as those but I had that white mold on the caps of couple of Siglo III and CoRo's. I don't know if it makes any difference but all of them were in original cardboard packs.

[CanuckSARTech]

The good kind of mold on the good end of the cigar

That begs the question, what is the bad kind of mold?

blue, green, yellow any colour other than white. Also if it is not just won the wrapper which can be brushed off, but throughout the inside of the cigar.

Fully agreed with the above.

No worries - just brush off, smoke (or age further), and enjoy.

Cheers.

[jazzbass]

I've read somewhere that if you brush it off and no mark is left on the wrapper then you had plume.. If the wrapper is stained then its mould.... Does this sound right?

[Smallclub]

I've read somewhere that if you brush it off and no mark is left on the wrapper then you had plume.. If the wrapper is stained then its mould.... Does this sound right?

No. Doesn't make sense.

[Colt45]

I've read somewhere that if you brush it off and no mark is left on the wrapper then you had plume.. If the wrapper is stained then its mould.... Does this sound right?

Plume / bloom is crystalline - like tiny salt crystals - and not especially easy to see compared to mold (at least for me).

[dangolf18]

Definitely mold. Plume is a fine powder. Mold has "hairs" so to speak.

[CaptainQuintero]

Plume is fluorescent under a blacklight too, mould isn't.