ÔTiz the season for mold! If you’ve been battling mold in your tack room, I’ve got bad news: mold spores are everywhere. They are floating in the air, embedded in the fibers of our leather tack, and they are on our clothes, in carpets and in walls. It is almost impossible to keep mold spores out. But there is good news! Even though you may not be able to eliminate mold spores, you can control mold growth.

Mold requires MOISTURE, WARMTH, and FOOD in order to grow and reproduce. If all three are present, mold grows rapidly. In a tack room, the best way to inhibit their growth is by controlling the environment. You have probably heard the saying “control the moisture and you control the mold.” That’s the truth, but the last thing you want is dried-out, cracked leather. So how do you control mold? Luckily there are a few simple ways to inhibit mold without harming your expensive tack