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I have posted earlier that my CAO america had a beetle in it (i.e. the aftermath - two holes) but now after some digging in my Fridge-a-dor (which is only a week old) the little bastards have expensive taste
My first cigars I've bought (since the 10 I bought 5 years ago) were the Cigar of the Month Club here back in May '08... and I now have a Ghurkha Legend Churchill and a Ghurkha BEAST that have holes in them TOO!!!
God, I haven't smoked any of my Ghurkha's from my first month's shipment at all... and now I'm screwed. Over a year of aging and now they are holy like the pope... (Bad thing is that the holes originated from inside the cigar, the holes in the BEAST are from under the label, so that REALLY SUCKS!
So here's my remedy:
I have taken my OLD Coolerdor and put all 140 of my cigars in it (sans the Cedar, the cedar went in the fridge-a-dor) wrapped it in 4 garbage bags and then put it in the freezer.
A few questions I have that I'm not sure about
1. Since my cigars are in a cooler shall I still wait the 2 days in the fridge also? (I'm worried since the Cooler is only in 4 tied garbage bags that it's not airtight and I don't want my cigars to dry out
2. My Fridge-a-dor is only a week old and the cigar beetle discovery was more than that ago, and I definately know when they came to be (I had the house at 80-90*F for a few days before the window air conditioners came out this past month) so I'm going to do a thorough inspection of the Fridge, but other than wipe it down I'm not going to worry too much about it, should be safe right?
3. Can the beetles survive in 65-68% Rh and a steady temp of 66*F??? so when I do buy more cigars are they okay??? Or is it once they are hatched they can live in that environment, so I have to be looking for Beetles?
So, here's to spending the 4th of July with no cigars that I can smoke...
Here's to being down a special gift from the Girlfriend (CAO America) and down my first two cigars I've bought while getting into cigars...
Thanks for any insight gentleman
Nate
My first cigars I've bought (since the 10 I bought 5 years ago) were the Cigar of the Month Club here back in May '08... and I now have a Ghurkha Legend Churchill and a Ghurkha BEAST that have holes in them TOO!!!
God, I haven't smoked any of my Ghurkha's from my first month's shipment at all... and now I'm screwed. Over a year of aging and now they are holy like the pope... (Bad thing is that the holes originated from inside the cigar, the holes in the BEAST are from under the label, so that REALLY SUCKS!
So here's my remedy:
I have taken my OLD Coolerdor and put all 140 of my cigars in it (sans the Cedar, the cedar went in the fridge-a-dor) wrapped it in 4 garbage bags and then put it in the freezer.
A few questions I have that I'm not sure about
1. Since my cigars are in a cooler shall I still wait the 2 days in the fridge also? (I'm worried since the Cooler is only in 4 tied garbage bags that it's not airtight and I don't want my cigars to dry out
2. My Fridge-a-dor is only a week old and the cigar beetle discovery was more than that ago, and I definately know when they came to be (I had the house at 80-90*F for a few days before the window air conditioners came out this past month) so I'm going to do a thorough inspection of the Fridge, but other than wipe it down I'm not going to worry too much about it, should be safe right?
3. Can the beetles survive in 65-68% Rh and a steady temp of 66*F??? so when I do buy more cigars are they okay??? Or is it once they are hatched they can live in that environment, so I have to be looking for Beetles?
So, here's to spending the 4th of July with no cigars that I can smoke...
Here's to being down a special gift from the Girlfriend (CAO America) and down my first two cigars I've bought while getting into cigars...
Thanks for any insight gentleman
Nate
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I wiped down my Fridge-a-dor and there was no sign of anything, but I think that the Heartfelt company is what saved my ass...
The temp got way up about three weeks ago, and only three cigars got affected... well my Fridge showed no signs of bugs so I thought that was odd, and gross, that means they are still in the cigars (ewwww)
Welp, after pulling my large churchill box full of beads there was nothing in there except cedar flakes from the homemade shelves... but my large disc of beads had a square plugged and sure as ***, the little frikker was stuck in there and still moving his little *** legs... I tried to get a good pic, and was semi-successfull, maybe I'll post it later...
Now I have all my beads and all my homemade shelves and cedar strips all in the freezer...
Jerks...........
p.s. Thank you Heartfelt beads!!!
2) use some warm soapy water to wipe it, the soap will keep any eggs you might not have seen from being able to pass O2 through the egg membrane, thus killing them.
3) my understanding is they are only active in warm temps (the eggs hatch when warmed up). hatched beetles might still be active, but the soapy water will kill them. rinse it good after it dries, though, to remove the residue.
Marty