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Home Q & A Why is my cigar's ash so flaky?

Why is my cigar's ash so flaky?

Monday, June 14 2010

VSLQ: I just got some VSL Honduran cigars and have been enjoying them, but the ash seems rather flaky.  I've never seen that much spread on a cigar ash before.  What causes that?
- Artie in California

A: Too much magnesium in the soil tends to make cigar ashes white and flaky. Sometimes nitrogen can add to it as well, but not as much.

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