June 3, 2018 - 7:49pm
Sluggish starter
My starter is more than 2 weeks old but it's pretty sluggish and takes a long time to peak. I use a ratio of 1:1:1 with 30% rye and 70% bread flour with filtered water, it takes 10 hours to peak at room temp of 82-86F. Usually it smells really sweet when it starts to collapse. Seems to be really slow in peaking at such warm temp. Any help will be great. Thanks!
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Hey buddy,
I've had similar problems in the past. Here's my advice to you: You want your starter to peak at maybe 5 or 6 hours at that ratio. So instead of waiting until it peaks, then feeding it, stir it really good at 5-6 hours, or when you want it to peak. The stir will cause increased activity, and it will peak sooner than it would have. Don't feed it though, just stir again, let it peak, and repeat until the starter won't rise and fall anymore. Then feed it, and your starter shouldn't be sluggish.
Good luck.
I see. Will try that out! Thanks!
wont be right for another 2 weeks. Sounds very normal to me.