Found 1 cigar in my humidor that had major mold

[looking for knowledge]

Hope you don't mind, instead of starting a new thread I thought I should add onto this one.

I was doing some rearranging in a desktop today and found mold all over the underside of a Padron 80th, but only where the openings for the tray slats were. I wiped it off, none on the foot, and I'll torch it later today.

After I searched the rest of the cigars and cleaned the tray I lifted out the bag of beads and found all sorts of mold growing on the bottom of the mesh bag and humidor floor where it was sitting. :angry:

Used some bleach and cleaned the area and replaced the beads with a new bag. We had fairly high humidity here a couple weeks back, I'm hoping that was the ultimate cause.

Do you guys keep your bags elevated at all?

 

[Rural Guy]

I don't keep mine elevated but I usually use a paper towel to dry the outside of the bags before I put them back in the humidor after spraying them. Also when it's been humid like it has been here I usually take them out when they are mostly clear and let them dry 3/4 out before putting them back in. However I've only been using them for a few months so this may not really be all that helpful to you.

 

[LarryH]

Your package is on the way. Check your PM for the DC number.

 

[DKAudio]

Got the package and Larry was quite generous to say the least. Thank you!

Forgot to mention, I did the "tap test" on that Oliva and it was clean.

Thanks again Larry!