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What happened to my starter?

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sadears

What happened to my starter?

When I went to bed last night, my white starter was almost ready.  This morning :-( it was flat, half of what it was last night.  What do you think happened?

 

Steph

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sadears

Does rye starter double like white or wheat or am I just having fits and starts like I did with the others.

 

Steph

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crumb bum

I agree tess, you have a active starter that simply ate through all the "food" you fed it.  There are two things that might help you out.  Keep your starter at a cooler temp after feeding or I like to fridge it 1 or 2 hours after feeding.  It will be good to use the next day.  The other thing is throw out all but a small portion of your starter and feed it more flour.  I pour out all my starter and what remains on the sides of the container, which is not much, is what I feed.  Now since I am a lazy sod I give it equal parts flour and water 1 cup of each by "volume" so I don't have to weigh out anything. Hope this helps.

Da Crumb Bum