Hi all,
I'm very new to sourdough and made my first starter 12 days ago. Everyday I have been discarding all but 50g and feeding 100g flour (50/50 mix wholemeal/white) and 100g water. My starter is bubbling a bit each day, but not rising AT ALL. It won't float at all either. What am I doing wrong?
Thank you very much!
For a few days aside from stirring it. You are probably throwing away half of your beasties and not giving them time to reproduce enough to build up the population. Once you see lots of activity, begin to feed again.
Thank you! I left it for 36 hours then fed when there was some hooch and it seems to have come back to life woohoo!
In a clean container put 50g of your discard, 50g purified or bottled water and 75g flour.
Cover loosely and place in a warm environment like say your cold oven with just the light turned on.
Note the time and report back in 8 hours or so.
Good luck!
Thank you! It seems to have come back to life after I left it for 36 hours, then did as you described above! Phew