What is the proper humidity and temperature?
Your relative humidity should be RH 70 to 72% and your temperature should be at 70 degrees Fahrenheit. You do have some flexibility with those numbers. It is very important to make sure that your humidity factor stays below RH 80% because you will get mold at the higher humidity. If I leave my cigars out of the proper environment too long, should I just throw them away because they are too dry? Absolutely not! Dried out cigars can be rejuvenated but you must be careful. Put them in your humidor for a week or two. The tricky part is to make sure your humidifier isnt fully charged for a few days then slowly fill your humidification system. You need very slow absorption of moisture, otherwise, the filler (inside tobacco) will absorb the moisture faster than the wrapper (outside tobacco leaf) resulting in an expanding filler that will make the wrapper burst (split). Put your dry cigars as far away from your humidification unit as you can and then slowly (every few days) move them closer un
