What causes a wrapper to split?

[mithril]

the temp and rh might be a bit too high.

what is the rh outside? the change in rh could have done it

[rball5]

the temp and rh might be a bit too high.
what is the rh outside? the change in rh could have done it

Not saying that's not it at all, but all the others I've smoked have been outside around the same temp (10-15 degrees hotter when I smoked this weekend).

Right now the RH outside is 51% (I'd guess it was close to that earlier, but have no idea what it has been for previous smokes).

Hopefully the rest won't split like that... maybe I should go try another, gotta make room in the humi

[mithril]

could just be a bad smoke

[guado]

I keep my humi at 65 and never have issues. Generally the core being to wet will split it.

[nhcigarfan]

I keep my humi at 65 and never have issues. Generally the core being to wet will split it.

Yep, as the cigar heats the filler up, the wetter the filler the more it will swell. Probably the vendor kept it too wet, once it hit your humi it started to dry and come down to a good rh. Due the nature of leaves and cigars, the wrapper will dry first and the cigar will dry from the outside in. If you had smoked it straight out of the vendors humi it probably would not have happened because the entire cigar would be at the same RH. Next time if you get a soft or wet cigar from the vendor let it sit for a month or so.

[islcigar]

Body of the cigar is too wet. If your vendor has problematic humidors (up and down rh) the body will eventually hold more moisture than the wrapper. You light the cigar, it heats up and moisture expands..........BOOM! As stated before - let cigars sit a while (2 weeks or so) before smoking.

[rball5]

Thanks for all the replies! I assumed one week would be enough, I'll give 'em more time.