Sourdough Starter Tips and FAQ

The helpful tips and ideas below will ensure that you have the bubbliest and most active sourdough starter possible. There are over 50 articles with information to help you! Browse this section for helpful instructions and tips, from how to make a sourdough starter to strengthening it. This easy to follow feeding schedule will get you off to a flying start. Whether you are making it from scratch or rehydrating a sourdough starter that you've purchased, you'll find easy to read instructions across this category. If you have any troubles along the way, trust that I am here to help you! Start by reading my article on Troubleshooting a Starter. If you can't find the answers you are looking for in that article, feel free to contact me.

Sourdough starter in a pint sized Ball canning jar.

A tall jar of sourdough starter with an orange lid sitting on top of a fence post. You can see a green vegetable patch that has been blurred into the background of the photo.

How To Increase The Wild Yeast In Your Sourdough Starter

A photo of a 16oz mason jar sitting on a scale. The jar is filled with water and dark rye flour to create a rye flour sourdough starter. You can also see a large jar of rye flour in the background and a wooden spoon with rye flour on it next to the scale.

How To Make A Rye Sourdough Starter

A jar of sourdough starter sitting on a white counter top. The jar has large bubbles on the side of the glass.

How To Get Bigger Bubbles In Your Sourdough Starter

Is it better to make sourdough starter or buy one?

Is It Better To Make A Sourdough Starter or Buy One?

Best time to use sourdough starter

Best Time To Use Sourdough Starter

Where does the yeast in sourdough starter come from?

Where Does The Yeast In Sourdough Starter Come From?

Moldy Sourdough Starter [with photos of bad sourdough starter]

Moldy Sourdough Starter [with photos of bad sourdough starter]

Sourdough Starter Liquid: How To Deal With Sourdough Hooch

Sourdough Starter Liquid: How To Deal With Sourdough Hooch

Apple Sourdough Starter

Apple Sourdough Starter

Dealing With Fruit Flies In Your Sourdough Starter

Dealing With Fruit Flies In Your Sourdough Starter

How to store sourdough starter in the fridge

How To Store Sourdough Starter In The Fridge

Dry sourdough starter

How To Dehydrate Sourdough Starter [so you never have to worry]

Stop Maintaining Multiple Jars of Sourdough Starter ... Do This Instead!

Stop Maintaining Multiple Jars of Sourdough Starter ... Do This Instead!

Chocolate Sourdough Starter

Chocolate Sourdough Starter - How To Make One And Why You Need To!

How To Revive Sourdough Starter: Is My Sourdough Starter Dead?

How To Revive Sourdough Starter: Is My Sourdough Starter Dead?

BEST NAME FOR SOURDOUGH STARTER

160+ Best Sourdough Starter Name Ideas

Convert A Sourdough Starter to a Pasta Madre or Stiff Starter

Convert A Sourdough Starter to a Pasta Madre or Stiff Starter

How Do You Know When Your Sourdough Starter Is Ready To Bake With?

How Do You Know When Your Sourdough Starter Is Ready To Bake With?

Making sourdough in hotter or colder temperatures

Making Sourdough Bread In Hotter or Colder Temperatures: How To Adjust Your Recipe

Does The Amount of Sourdough Starter Matter? And What Happens When You Change It?

Does The Amount of Sourdough Starter Matter? And What Happens When You Change It?

Top 10 Tips for Better Sourdough