Cigar bulge/split

[SuperChuck]

Sounds like high humidity to me.

[bigpoppapuff]

what he ^^^^ said.....

[drew_goring]

hmmm...Thanks, I guess I'll have to wait a few days for the heartfelt beads to come in. Am I going to cause any problems leaving it as is until the end of the week?

[bigpoppapuff]

don't fret,grasshoppah.......

[drew_goring]

thanks...I really apreciate the help.

[F.T. Pulver]

The thing you should do is put the hygrometer in the humidor for a few hours first to check the current humidity. If it is low you need to raise it SLOWLY or risk more wrapper/binder splitting. If the cigar had a loose draw, I'm not wholly convinced that your humidity is too high. Better safe than sorry.

[drew_goring]

My humidifier has been reading from 60-65ish after I calibrated it with the salt test. I seasoned my humidor as per the instructions, and let it sit for a couple days with the humidifier in it to stabilize. The cigars that are in it were out of a humidor for about 4 days during shipping. They were in a ziplock bag with no humidifier. Could this have caused it?

[drew_goring]

The thing you should do is put the hygrometer in the humidor for a few hours first to check the current humidity. If it is low you need to raise it SLOWLY or risk more wrapper/binder splitting. If the cigar had a loose draw, I'm not wholly convinced that your humidity is too high. Better safe than sorry.

Oh, and the draw was super loose...like 10 cent bangkok...well, you know what mean. I've never smoked a cigar with a draw so lose. And it wasn't 'leaking' anywhere because the smoke was plentiful. I'm not really sure what size it was...not that experienced yet, but it was fairly fat and about 5 inches long.

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