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Sourdough starter won't rise

lidia15's picture
lidia15

Sourdough starter won't rise

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!

Danni3ll3's picture
Danni3ll3

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. 

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lidia15

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!

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Dave Cee

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!

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lidia15

Thank you! It seems to have come back to life after I left it for 36 hours, then did as you described above! Phew