06-27-2012, 06:49 PM
(06-27-2012, 07:55 AM)Skipper the cigar aFISHinodo Wrote: Scott, you know the drill. Inspect every cigar in your humidor daily for a while. Toss out any badly infected cigars. Suspect cigars and those that were near the problematic cigars should be frozen. Inspect the bottom of your humidor daily for beetle sign (droppings and bits of tobacco. I find placing a large white piece or paper or oak tag on the bottom makes this easier).
Never, ever EVER spray any insecticide on your cigars, near your cigars, in your humidor! Ever! That's just not good advice and not needed.
The fact that you had a beetle trap in there probably saved you.
And remember you did not have the problem because your temp got high, you had the problem because you had dormant eggs in your cigars.
Thanks John. At least someone chimed in with some real advice. I've been doing just that. Everything looks (fingers crossed) to be ok. Glad I had those traps, that's for sure. Ugly little bastards had a heyday in there. But it could've been much worse.
I will say this though, in regards to the company I ordered those traps from- EXCELLENT service. I ordered some more the night I had the issues and had the new traps here in 3 days. Super fast shipping, updates all the way through the process, anyone who needs traps I wouldn't hesitate to buy from those guys. They don't come in retail wrapping though, they just come as the trap alone. Probably why they give them out so cheap.