Serious Humi Problem...

Adcurium

So I opened up my humidor today to find out what I have room for and I saw white, fuzzy mold growing from my square sponges which velcro to the inside of the lid. So... what do I do now? And BTW, my hydrometer doesn't seem to be working at all...

bigharpoon

sightunseen

brainfrz

If it's a small humi I've heard you put those in the freezer for a day or two to kill off mold...unless that was if you had beetles. Were you using propylene glycol with the sponge and water?

laker1963

niz33

I had the same problem. This is what I did. First toss your sponges, get some rubbing alcohol and treat the area where you saw the mold, and don't worry about the smell it will evaporate really fast. Get some beads (use distilled water) with a good Hygrometer I use the Humi-Care Digital Hygrometer. The mold grows with high humidity and temp so you need to monitor both.

gdsim1

clearlysuspect

Krieg

You can pick up a digital hydro at WalMart for $7, however, I'm not sure if it needs to be calibrated because I got mine off of Amazon. No calibration needed. Just turn it on and throw it in the humi. First thing I learned about when I came here was the beads vs foam. I didn't wait til I had a problem, I swapped out all my foam for beads. Little pricey, but considering how much money I spent on sticks, it was a drop in the bucket. Hope it works out for ya.