Pith
Well-Known Member
FIGHT PkMn
ITEM RUN
Pokemon joke. Sorry. Not even sure it's yeast yet anyway, but read on.
So I made up this solution of about 1 tbsp honey, 1 very small red apple (deseeded), and a shot of boiling water to make it blend more easily, blended it, covered it with Chux and a rubberband (I replaced the Chux with an ironed and cut-up old teatowel a few days ago) and left it outside last Thursday, so it's been out about 5 days. This is what it looks like now!
When I left it out, there was nothing exciting at all on top, except for like 3 bubbles in the middle where I had stirred it.
It now has a faint beery, citrusy smell while still retaining remnants of what it originally smelled like. It's not an unpleasant smell. There IS a small blob of mould in it, maybe 2 or 3 mm in diameter, so I'll just remove that with a sanitized teaspoon. I know the sticky said that before two weeks it's probably not the kind of stuff you want, but it reminds me a whole lot of my first experience and only other experience making a starter, aside from the mould.
I have no doubt that traces will remain of the mould once I've taken it out, but I figure that it looks like it's starting a colony and it's best to be rid of it before it gets too big.
So what should I do from here? I know the picture isn't great; it's from my webcam because we can't find the memory card for our DSLR. Here's another from the side. I'm not sure if you can see it, but little clumps of stuff do fall from near the surface down to the bottom, so that might be promising.
I'm happy to answer any more specific questions. The more we can learn about our little cyser metropolis, the better!
ITEM RUN
Pokemon joke. Sorry. Not even sure it's yeast yet anyway, but read on.
So I made up this solution of about 1 tbsp honey, 1 very small red apple (deseeded), and a shot of boiling water to make it blend more easily, blended it, covered it with Chux and a rubberband (I replaced the Chux with an ironed and cut-up old teatowel a few days ago) and left it outside last Thursday, so it's been out about 5 days. This is what it looks like now!
When I left it out, there was nothing exciting at all on top, except for like 3 bubbles in the middle where I had stirred it.
It now has a faint beery, citrusy smell while still retaining remnants of what it originally smelled like. It's not an unpleasant smell. There IS a small blob of mould in it, maybe 2 or 3 mm in diameter, so I'll just remove that with a sanitized teaspoon. I know the sticky said that before two weeks it's probably not the kind of stuff you want, but it reminds me a whole lot of my first experience and only other experience making a starter, aside from the mould.
I have no doubt that traces will remain of the mould once I've taken it out, but I figure that it looks like it's starting a colony and it's best to be rid of it before it gets too big.
So what should I do from here? I know the picture isn't great; it's from my webcam because we can't find the memory card for our DSLR. Here's another from the side. I'm not sure if you can see it, but little clumps of stuff do fall from near the surface down to the bottom, so that might be promising.
I'm happy to answer any more specific questions. The more we can learn about our little cyser metropolis, the better!