Hi,
I just started making my own seed culture following Peter Reinhart's (A Breadbaker's Apprentice) receipe. It was going fine until the Day 3, where i got maybe 30% rise instead of double, I waited another 24hrs and still no luck. So I went ahead and discarded half and mixed my seedculture with the Day 4 ingredients. And after 24 hrs... no rise.
My apartment is pretty cold so at this point i poped my seed culture in the oven with a bowl of hot water.
Do I need to restart my seed culture and watch the temperature this time? or just wait until it doubles in size to start the barm, and if so, should I keep discarding the half and add the Day 4 ingredients to the existing seed culture?
Don't worry and read through this post where you'll get all the answers.
Best of luck and post anymore questions should you have any.
Thank you Abe! I will read it over :)