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Reviving smelly, discolored, or moldy starter
The most common reason for a good starter to go bad is not feeding it enough flour and water and/or not feeding it often enough. If your starter falls into this category, try the following method of reviving it:
If your starter is showing no signs of life, I would advise starting over, but when it’s alive and not expanding much in the 6-8 hours after feeding, that usually just means it needs to be treated differently. It’s useful to try to solve whatever problem you’re having or you’re likely to have the same problem again.
Reviving smelly, discolored, or moldy starter