I made my own stir plate a while ago and it works somewhat well with 1 L starters. It puts a decent dimple on the top, but no major vortex like I see others getting. I know that the dimple is all you need though.
Anyways...
I'm looking to start doing huge starters so that I can pitch half in the beer and save the other half as fresh yeast to use at a later time. I just bought a 5 L Erlenmeyer flask. Will my stirplate still be fine since as long as the surface is spinning, it is still working. I will probably do 4.5 L starters. Is that too much liquid to the point that it won't work? I can test it in a couple days when I get the flask in the mail, but if I NEED to beef up my stir plate, I might as well do it now. Thanks everyone.
Anyways...
I'm looking to start doing huge starters so that I can pitch half in the beer and save the other half as fresh yeast to use at a later time. I just bought a 5 L Erlenmeyer flask. Will my stirplate still be fine since as long as the surface is spinning, it is still working. I will probably do 4.5 L starters. Is that too much liquid to the point that it won't work? I can test it in a couple days when I get the flask in the mail, but if I NEED to beef up my stir plate, I might as well do it now. Thanks everyone.