Can confirm that whole wheat flour can really transform your 23-day-old starter from zero to hero!

I remember when someone told me to give up and start over when i shared that my starter at day 18 wasn’t even budging at all. I almost followed their advice. Doughja Cat had been thru a lot of ratio and flour switches and it was very frustrating, and i really think using bleached APF from day 1 really made things so much harder for me. Switched to bread flour on day 10 but it’s still not cutting it, at all. Bubbles but little to no rise.

But here she is, alive and thriving after i fed her whole wheat flour 2 days ago, and she’s been doubling ever since (falls down every 8 hours). A reminder not to give up on your sourdough journey and use a strong, high protein flour because it really works!!! Not gonna lie i had some doubts with it working after several days of duds.

Above photo is her current state, marked with timestamps. Rubber band marks when she was last fed (at 11am) and her maximum rise at 7pm until it fell down. My current routine is 1:1:1, 50g starter, 25% bread flour 25% whole wheat flour and 50g water but i do like to add more flour to achieve a thicker consistency (advice from the experts).

I’m just so happy that i made a huge progress with WWF. Now, i don’t know what’s next and i’m really not sure if it’s already viable of making bread, so a little advice would help since i’m not sure when will it reach its peak. Will continue feeding tomorrow with the same routine i guess? 🙂