Sourdough Starter Maintenance - Sourdough Starter Fridge Storage

My grandmothers starter she made at 11 years old is alive and thriving today, probably made a few thousands of breads throughout its lineage. It is 119 years old as of November this year!

How long should it sit outside before it activates to bake once refrigerated???can anyone answer

My starter is only a week old, I put it in the fridge and planing on making more bread in a few weeks with it eventually,the starter quadrupled before placing in fridge

I feel really guilty putting something so active in the fridge like nothing lol

this is the old school vibe tutorial i was looking for

Do you just save the discard in another jar and always add to it the discard or do you feed it too?

If you are discarding every time do you run out of starter eventually?

After taking starter out of fridge, it takes several days before it starts doubling in size again. It DOES bubble within hours after taking out of fridge, but, does the starter ALSO NEED to actually rise (double) before you can start baking bread with it again, or are the fact it is bubbling up, enough?

Just got my starter today from a friend!

I received mine from a friend that got hers from a family in Alaska that has passed it down for 5 generations!

To my mind, I would put the 2 spoons of starter into the clean jar and feed it and discard/use the contents of the original jar.

I just had my first starter double today. I'm sick and don't feel like baking tomorrow. How should I store my starter and should I separate some for bread now or when I'm ready to bake?

I started mine 6 days ago

My starter is 2 months old and his name is Donald..for Trump.

My starter is almost 12000 years old. It was made by my great great grandma Eve in heaven. It makes great sourdough bread that tastes a little bit appley.

So if I want to bake then stick it back in the fridge for a week do I feed it once it comes to room temp then bake with it. Then feed it in a new jar and put that jar in the fridge ?

I only leave a couple tablespoons of starter leftover when making bread and I just pack about 50 grams of flour on top of that wet starter and then put it in the fridge and it’s basically really dry then when I need it again I just add water and let it rise 😊maybe once a month I make bread

i started my own jake is a year and 8 months old😊

The nut cookie 🍪 Looks amazing...how can i make it vegan friendly, without the 🥚 egg?

I have a sourdough starter that has been in the fridge for 3 months :(( how long would it take to “revive”?

I have one, it was given to me by a coworker!

You are so helpful. I was panicking because I ordered sourdough starter, it got delivered more than a week before I was expecting it, & I thought I had killed it, in a bad way. With your help I am now able to understand more of what I have & what I need to do going forward. Hopefully you have helped me save the life of my starter. I will keep you posted.

I just purchased a dehydrated starter, I hope it will turn out good! I know nothing about sourdough, so thank you for your content! I need this!

My friend just gave me some starter and I didn't realize I was supposed to discard before feeding it and it never rose hahaha. Thanks for this video!

If you accidentally add a little more water how do i fix it or when do I fix it, if it's going back in the fridge? PLEASE 🙏 I'm afraid to lose it

"Maysurements" I'm sorry, I had to point it out. :)

So let’s say the starter is new and freshly made… would we still discard the rest?

Do I pour off the “hooch”

I've only just made my third loaf ever and it's sourdough.
The starter took me two weeks to perfect using wholemeal rye flower.
50 grams water and flower, transfer 50 into new container and add 50 water and flour again for 14 days every 24 hrs. Kept it in the oven with the light on at more or less 24 degrees with the oven door ajar.
Loaf
600 grams flour
450 water
10 salt
140 starter
Bread machine made the dough.
Left the dough out covered for 2 hrs then in the fridge for 24. Out of the fridge for half an hour into a cake tin with a casserole dish on top of it preheated to 250 degrees.
Half an hour turned down at 230 degrees then 6 mins no lid on to brown. Wish I could post a picture of it, it looks amazing! Thanks for the tips and ideas, I didn't use any of yours yet but I will 😄

I bought my starter from an Amish place and it's super watery. I have no idea how long they kept in the fridge.
What do I do?!

In was gifted 75grams of starter, can I start feeding it as 75 grams or do I have to discard? Can I use tap water or does it have to be purified water?

Hi Melissa, I have a sour dough starter fully ready to bake but I don't have time to bake what can I do with it till tomorrow! Please help!

Most the time, u put flour over the top of that, then put in fridge,,back in the day they just pinch off a biscuit sz & stick it in flour to keep until used again, then add water the night before, leave it out on counter all night & its read next day to cook bread

So if I'm hearing this right, discard is similar to proper herd management in wildlife, too many and there's not enough food to go around...

My SD Starter is 4 years old. Thank you for sharing your videos, I learned a lot from you! It seems no matter how long I have been making SD Bread, I still learn more! You’re a wonderful teacher and coach❤️👏

I’d sure love some!

Thank you!

I got small bubbles not the large ones? How can i get larger bubbles? More ? or Less water? More or less flour?

New i'am new to this! I want to get started. I got 4 samples. one of All Propose Flour, One of Bread Flour, One of Wheat Flour, And One in Self Rising Flour. Plus i got some mixing them. all to gather He hee only way i can learn right?

My kitchen smell like fresh bread.. from the starter I love it... There now 2 weeks old.. Time to discharge some, and use it. and make MORE

A 1/4 cup is actually 4TBS. So which is it 2 or 4?

I tried to create a starter 3 times. It grew mold each attempt so I gave up and asked my friend for his 😅

how often to do you change the jar that contains the starter?

Could I possibly save my starter if I didn’t feed it one day? * I also forgot to put it in my fridge :(
Please help

How long after bringing it out of the fridge and feeding it before you can bake with it?

I was given a hungry starter and immediately put it in the fridge.

I ordered the bread flour and am ready to feed.

What should I do?

Bring to room temperature and feed?

Why discard at all? Can you keep the starter in the refrigerator and just remove some to another jar to re-activate, and then put the rest back in the refrigerator to use again?

Help me please

can I take out my starter from the fridge and leave some out for baking and store some back in fridge???

THANK YOU!! SO helpful!!!

Are you starting a sourdough starter (ya saw the link for my sourdough starter tutorial right?) or if you have a sourdough starter, tell me how old it is? Mine is going on 9 years old.