How is it that cigar wrapper are ripped or cracked?

Above all, the danger for the cigars is that they are exposed to humidity that changes too quickly:

Put dry cigars in a humidor or humidor wet cigars on dry wood,so the cover sheets can tear through the tension and the cigar wrapper is ripped then.

In your case, please carefully increase the humidity step by step. The process may have time for a few days or weeks. The slower the less risk. We recommend wiping out the humidor with a wet towel to prevent cigars from being placed on completely dry wood and then supplied with extra moisture because the humidor itself is supposed to absorb them. This can lead to the described problems. Please do not dispose of such cigars, but use a cover slip glue.

For comparison: I have recently put a cigar cabinet into operation. The cigars in foil (cellophane) or box were simply put into it. Then a cup of water was placed inside the humidor. So the the whole seasoning procedure lasted only 5 minutes. The humidity level inside soon reached 65-70%, which is ideal. I did not do any more. If possible, I would therefore leave foils and boxes as possible around the cigars. In a sense, one does not operate on the open heart and can do something "more brutal".

If you store normally stored cigars, this will not occur at all. Helpful in such cases is to insert the cigars only after a certain drying out or not fully in the humidification phase of the wood. You have the problem, for example, if you find a cigar somewhere in a compartment in your car after 2 years. I first bring it up to about 60% and then let it be further moistened. I am absolutely not a supporter of Boveda. But here Boveda resp. Boost do a good service. Exactly for this purpose we offer the 62% variant. This one doesn't need a humidor. A cigar box will do just fine. Boost or Boveda can also be used as a regulator in addition to existing humidifiers in a humidor.

If the child has already fallen into the fountain, i.e. cracks have appeared, please proceed as gently as possible. In most cases, the problem can be limited if you do not humidify further for the time being, but leave the values stable. In any case it is not advisable to bring a dried out cigar from 40% to e.g. 80% in a humidor that is just being put into operation.