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Is this mold on leaves?

aguila_raw

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Hello again :), I was working on the tobacco, left a few leaves on water overnight and finally had the right moisture, I noticed a few leaves had this greenish and white spots(as shown in the pictures) then I checked the ones I did not watered over night and some of them too have these spots, I was wondering if this was mold or something else, if so, is this really bad? the tobacco is not safe for consumption now? will it make the taste bad? I'm a little bit lost here, is my first time buying leaves.
 

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The spots appear to be frog-eye leaf spot. It is not unusual, and is not harmful to smoke. The micro-organism that causes it (in the field, while growing) produces chlorotic spots that remain after flue-curing. The flue-curing process kills the organism.

It is a problem when it occurs on cigar wrapper leaf, but not for cigarette or cigar filler.

Bob
 

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The spots appear to be frog-eye leaf spot. It is not unusual, and is not harmful to smoke. The micro-organism that causes it (in the field, while growing) produces chlorotic spots that remain after flue-curing. The flue-curing process kills the organism.

It is a problem when it occurs on cigar wrapper leaf, but not for cigarette or cigar filler.

Bob
Thanks! i was afraid that I would lost my buy.
 
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