Great story, Pav, thanks. My inkling is to leave everything be, try to minimize my hand in it, and only control as necessary to avoid unwanted flora. That said, I flipped when I saw blue on the whitewood, directly under 2 of my 3 tommes. I know - likely overreaction...would you suggest I just vinegar wash, something like this, for the blue spots?
As to cedar itself - I would not have thought of using it (because of its aromatic character), but I know many do. I also discovered that what was listed as "spruce" whitewood is, in fact, pine. So I've been aging on pine. So, I'm either making retsinatomme, or it doesn't make as much difference as I would have thought, given pine's rep. Any experience with cedar itself?