Samartha,
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> Doing a mother culture feels somewhat safer because there is a backup -
> the mother culture. I've done that in the beginning. Now I do continuous
> throughout and keep a history of small amounts < 1 oz for maybe 1/2 year
Do you mean that you keep one of those "dough balls" made at some point in
time as your backup?

If yes, that would be neat. Cuz I'm drying samples from time-to-time as
backup. And I'm not yet convinced that they rehydrate as an exact copy of
the original. In particular, I'm not sure that the LB's make the transition
all that well...


TIA,
Dusty
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