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in my experience of spotting the difference between Mold and Plume is very simple, but however can be a little cofusing for beginners..........but simply put for the new guys
Plume - has a dusty/crystally precense that tends to spread evenly accross the cigar, not bright/full in color but should always wipe of with ease. If you pull any young cigar out of your humidor and if under a light you see a small shiny "sparkle" like a diamond, that is early signs of plume developing, that is good, with my experience i have always found early signs of plume developing around the caps of cigar before spreading accross the whole stick (i dont know if theres a scientific reason for this) The most important thing to remember is that plum should always wipe of easily and shine, if it dosnt then its Mold
Mold - is very full in color, flakey and tends to congregate in blotches accross the cigar. Mold also grows taller as it develops where plume dosnt grow tall it lyes flat and spreads. Depending on how much growth has developed, Mold can be very difficult to remove from a cigar and dosnt come off in your hands like plume does
i hope this is a simple explanaition for for everyone, all of this is from my own experience of enjoying plum and having the bad times dealing with mold break outs when i was new to the game.........which im glad happened now because i learnt a lot from that experience
cheers
Plume - has a dusty/crystally precense that tends to spread evenly accross the cigar, not bright/full in color but should always wipe of with ease. If you pull any young cigar out of your humidor and if under a light you see a small shiny "sparkle" like a diamond, that is early signs of plume developing, that is good, with my experience i have always found early signs of plume developing around the caps of cigar before spreading accross the whole stick (i dont know if theres a scientific reason for this) The most important thing to remember is that plum should always wipe of easily and shine, if it dosnt then its Mold
Mold - is very full in color, flakey and tends to congregate in blotches accross the cigar. Mold also grows taller as it develops where plume dosnt grow tall it lyes flat and spreads. Depending on how much growth has developed, Mold can be very difficult to remove from a cigar and dosnt come off in your hands like plume does
i hope this is a simple explanaition for for everyone, all of this is from my own experience of enjoying plum and having the bad times dealing with mold break outs when i was new to the game.........which im glad happened now because i learnt a lot from that experience
cheers
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