Starter Hydration and Maintenance
Hi all,
I was wondering what the difference was between a starter's hydration % and it's maintenance hydration %. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that there's a difference between the two.
If you currently have a starter that you are maintaining at 1:1:1, doesn't that make it 100% hydration starter? Why is it that I'm seeing all this complicated algrebra in the forums on changing the starter's hydration level? For instance, If I have 100% hydration and I want to convert it to 67% hydration starter, wouldn't I just feed it 1:2:3 (s:w:f) and then continue to maintain it at that ratio?
I'm soo confused! I currently have a starter that I'm feeding 1:1:1 but would like to bake a loaf of SD from PR's ABED. It looks like his mother starter is 63%. So to convert, wouldn't I just take a portion of what I have now and feed it 2:3 at my next refresh?
Thanks!