Mold on the foot

[mrmessy]

A few months back, I noticed some mold on the door of some of my cigars. I took them, dusted (rubbed) off the mold on the foot. Put them in a zip lock with a 65 Boveda.

 

Checked it today and there was a little mold growth coming back.

 

Now, I've seen some split opinions about this. Some say check them. Some say dust it off or cut the foot and smoke. But I've never seen pictures or anyone that checked. Maybe I didn't look that hard.

 

So, I decided to cut into it and see if I could see how bad it was.

 

Really couldn't see anything beyond the surface of the foot. Maybe I was missing it, but it really didn't seem that bad. Possibly, if you catch it soon enough then it's not pervasive throughout?

 

Either way, after cutting a good two inches off, I decided to smoke it anyway.

 

Attached some pics.

 

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[mrmessy]

BTW, told my wife and she said, "Your cigars smell like feet to me anyway. Maybe all of your cigars have mold?"

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[BoliDan]

Not seeing it.

[CampDelta369]

My best Bordeaux smells like a dirty Frenchman’s toes. Cheers ? 

[Ken Gargett]

2 hours ago, CampDelta369 said:

My best Bordeaux smells like a dirty Frenchman’s toes. Cheers ? 

surely that suggests they may have a fault? the wine, not to the toes, or possibly both. 

[cfc1016]

17 hours ago, mrmessy said:

BTW, told my wife and she said, "Your cigars smell like feet to me anyway. Maybe all of your cigars have mold?"

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Lay off the upmanns, lol

[Balboa]

18 hours ago, CampDelta369 said:

My best Bordeaux smells like a dirty Frenchman’s toes. Cheers ? 

 

[garbandz]

would that I had not seen THAT !!

[mrmessy]

And now we've taken it too far!

Added the pic with the mold defined. This was one of 5 sticks with mold. So, I kept one in a separate bag to see how it continues to grow.

The rest, I clipped the foot and will observe to see how they develop.

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[SmokyFontaine]

19 minutes ago, mrmessy said:

And now we've taken it too far!

Added the pic with the mold defined. This was one of 5 sticks with mold. So, I kept one in a separate bag to see how it continues to grow.

The rest, I clipped the foot and will observe to see how they develop.

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It's a quality picture of your in-focus thumb my man, but I'm actually curious to see the mold on the cigar. I've seen a light dusting on wrappers, and maybe a spec of white near the foot that brushed off, but I haven't seen green mold on a cigar before. I thought that chemically...or biochemically, as it were, that was considered exceptionally rare. Are you able to take a picture with the foot of the cigar better in focus instead of your thumb?   I'm just not seeing it from the pics.

[mrmessy]

yeah, sorry. Not the best pic. I'll post one from the other cigar if I can get a better shot from my phone. Maybe after I let it grow more prevalently.

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