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What Can You do with Mouldy Tobacco, if Anything?
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To kill the mould, spray with vinegar or hydrogen peroxide solution (1%?), or boil the jar until it is dead. No guarantees that you won’t be collateral damage.
on a side note from growing, black mould doesn’t appears to cause liver damage if it is smoked - so leaf can be used in a pipe that wouldn’t be advised as either chew or cigars.
on a side note from growing, black mould doesn’t appears to cause liver damage if it is smoked - so leaf can be used in a pipe that wouldn’t be advised as either chew or cigars.
I had a gentleman at bring in a tin of Three Nuns about a month ago that was gifted to him for a second opinion on its contents. It was no less than 15 years old. Sadly it had green mold on it. Broke my heart to toss it in the trash.
Aspergillosis
Aflatoxins
Mucormycosis (rare, but a complication of Covid)
Go get checked. A new cough can be tricky stuff.
If you have any of the suspect Stonehenge, maybe it could be tested for various fungi & aflatoxins. (Contact your state or local extension services for testing or referral).
Woodsroad uses a 0.5% solution of calcium proprionate. It's used by blenders to keep mold from reproducing and growing. Mold spores are everywhere, including in the tobacco processing facilities. The trick is to keep the amount of mold down by preventing them from growing.
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@Franco Pipenbeans have you fallen out of bed & landed on your head or something? Mouldy tobacco gets chucked, course it does!
What else you going to do with it, donate it to the National Science Museum? Attack China with it? Come on lad, stop talking bollocks & chuck it out! ? (If it was in a jar, chuck that out as well, those spores get everywhere).
What else you going to do with it, donate it to the National Science Museum? Attack China with it? Come on lad, stop talking bollocks & chuck it out! ? (If it was in a jar, chuck that out as well, those spores get everywhere).
Once you have mold, it's too late to do anything. But, with my own homegrown tobaccos, I do pasteurize them using 140F for about 30 minutes. That is really low temps, but kills all pathogens. Then pack them rather dry. Because I just don't like the idea of adding stuff to my tobaccos.
But, once you have mold, just chuck the whole thing. I had to burn about 50 pounds of homegrown Semois because of mold. A whole garbage can full. That sucked.
It's interesting that this topic should come up.
I just chucked out a 2 litre jar of Trinity Mixture (what it is, exactly is a mystery, hence the name) accumulated over two decades from left over tins and pouches of English and Balkan blends kept in case there be a tobacco prohibition or other apocalyptical cataclysm. Sadly, the rubber gasket failed and it started to smell funky, so it's gone.
I just chucked out a 2 litre jar of Trinity Mixture (what it is, exactly is a mystery, hence the name) accumulated over two decades from left over tins and pouches of English and Balkan blends kept in case there be a tobacco prohibition or other apocalyptical cataclysm. Sadly, the rubber gasket failed and it started to smell funky, so it's gone.
I own a window replacement business. On occasion we go into some nasty homes, or just some older ones that have had bad leaks or condensation problems long enough to get various molds growing. Green, pink, black are the most common ones we see. And it’s not always a situation where you need to bring in the crew ET with the hazmat suits and demolish the home down to the framing. In fact, I’ve never seen that. And I’ve seen some messed up homes. We take precautions, of course, but sometimes my guys are ripping the old windows out before there’s any hint of a problem.
Anyway, my installer has been doing this for around 30 years. Within the last couple years he became quite sick. He basically has a condition where theres mold living in his lungs. It’s like a bacterial infection that flares up on him at various times. At least that’s the way I understand it. Whatever the case, it’s not a good situation, and it’s essentially a long term problem he’ll deal with for the rest of his life. I wouldn’t recommend smoking anything you suspect of being moldy. You did the right thing throwing it out.
Anyway, my installer has been doing this for around 30 years. Within the last couple years he became quite sick. He basically has a condition where theres mold living in his lungs. It’s like a bacterial infection that flares up on him at various times. At least that’s the way I understand it. Whatever the case, it’s not a good situation, and it’s essentially a long term problem he’ll deal with for the rest of his life. I wouldn’t recommend smoking anything you suspect of being moldy. You did the right thing throwing it out.
Challenge! I should say so.
Please put your location in your Profile, as people are forgetful.
Why:
That will save questions in the future as to where you live when you later mention local stores, weather, tobacco prices, availability, regulations, location of photos, wildfires, air quality, etc. In many instances that saves time for those who read your posts. It cuts down on posts or PMs asking where you are.
How:
Under your avatar, (top right, left most of three symbols) you choose "Account Details", which brings up "My Account". "My Location" is halfway down. Whatever you're comfortable with- town, city, county, state. province, etc.
Please put your location in your Profile, as people are forgetful.
Why:
That will save questions in the future as to where you live when you later mention local stores, weather, tobacco prices, availability, regulations, location of photos, wildfires, air quality, etc. In many instances that saves time for those who read your posts. It cuts down on posts or PMs asking where you are.
How:
Under your avatar, (top right, left most of three symbols) you choose "Account Details", which brings up "My Account". "My Location" is halfway down. Whatever you're comfortable with- town, city, county, state. province, etc.
Give it to your son in law. Or the ding dong who thinks he is worthy of dating your daughter.
Glitter comes from the pits of hell, and leads to drug addiction and death.
I was going to say this … so I will say this again
1. Observe it under a microscope
2. Culture it
3. Study the effect of various fungicides on the mold
4. Compare it visually with plume
5. Take lots of photos
6. Write an authoritative report on how mold can be different from plume - use your photos for these
7. Burn them in a controlled environment and study the effect of the smoke on mice. Use tobacco which does not have mold as control
8. Repeat the same with plumed tobacco
If you wish, lots of fun can be had with molded tobacco