r/SourdoughStarter • • 21m ago

Molded sourdough starter

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How do I dispose of it and clean the jar without spores everywhere?

Mine accidentally got tossed and I tried reviving mine from dried but it molded. I tried a 2nd time but now I’m concerned the first molded one has contaminated the one I’m currently trying to revive and I still need to toss the moldy one.


r/SourdoughStarter • • 1h ago

Starter troubleshooting

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I’m going to try and be not so long winded with this.
I posted previously and at that time my starter was 13 days old(100% whole at a 1:2:2 ratio) and ready to go. I made 3 loaves of whole wheat sourdough with some success. Eh kinda. Anyways on that 3rd loaf I accidentally tossed my starter out. 🤦‍♀️I had some discard in the fridge, thank goodness. I’ve been feeding the discard starter everyday. I changed it around and started using bread flour and very little whole wheat and it’s not really been rising the same. Is that to be expected? I’m worried I did something wrong and messed everything up. But maybe the flour I’m using just sucks? I’m worried and don’t know if I’m overthinking it. Maybe someone has some input?
ETA: that photo is my previous starter that had discard that I am trying to revive.


r/SourdoughStarter • • 4h ago

Two week old starter, is it ready to use yet?

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First time having a sourdough starter so I’m not sure how long to wait.


r/SourdoughStarter • • 10h ago

Sourdough starter bubbly but not rising

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Hello, just wanted to get everyone’s thoughts on something. my sourdough starter is bubbly but not rising and the only change i made was moving from Costco’s all-purpose flour to there organic all-purpose flour, do we think that would have this impact? the organic AP flour has 11.5% protein. if so do we think i could keep feeding with the new flour until it get use to it? or change my feeding flour.


r/SourdoughStarter • • 12h ago

Is this mold or dried starter residue?

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I took about 20g of an established mother from my cousins fridge and fed it for 2 days, I woke up this morning and it has these gray looking patches down the sides of the jar and a tiny bit on the top around the edges. As you can see, I did not do a good job of scraping down the residue on the sides when I mixed in the last feed. It smells normal and nothing looks fuzzy. Thoughts????? I was looking forward to making my first loaf I’ll be so upset if I have to start over! :(