Humidor and cigars dried, what should I do?

nate4641

I recently moved from Germany to Africa due to military duties and it took a little more than 3 months for me to get my stuff from the time it was packed up to delivered. When I opened my 2 humidors one hygrometer was dead and the other read 45% RH and around 90 degrees. I packed them up with pretty strong humidity and full humidifiers in anticipation of it taking awhile I just didnt think it would take so long. The interiors of the humidors and the cigars are pretty dry so I'm trying to find out the best way to save both. If it helps the humidors are both the Southport Small humidors.

catfishbluezz

You need to bring these back slowly my friend. For the humidors, you can read my seasoning thread. For the cigars, it will take a few months. You want to hit them with lower rh at first, preferably 40-50rh if you can, then 60 for a month, then 65 for a month and I'd say after 3 months they should be better, but really it will take some time. Ultimately, if they lost oils due to the dry climate, they will never be the same, but they can become smokable again. Are you stateside?

nate4641

catfishbluezz