Hi Anna, congrats on your apple harvest! We just use the same cloth that we used in the first step, be sure it is tight woven enough so fruit flies or gnats can’t get through it and you should be good to go. Good luck!

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Hi Bella, it seems like your starter needs more time to show some signs of activity before you discard and feed it more. I would leave it in a warm location (70-75 F) for another 24-36 hours even to see if it starts to rise, I would also look at the trouble shooting tips we recommend in the article for your next feeding if you don’t see any activity by then such as, using half wheat or rye flour, using a probe thermometer to verify the temp of the starter of setting it on a small seedling heat mat or putting it in the oven with the light on but oven off, the next time you feed you could also try an make the starter more thick if it seems runny by using more flour and slightly less water. Just give it time and it should rebound, hope that helps and good luck!

Hi Rochelle, if you didn’t use food grade alcohol what did you use? If it isn’t food grade, you need to fully evaporate all of the alcohol out of the mixture which would in essence create Rick Simpson Oil which is incredibly potent, thick, and sticky. Its doses are also measured by the size of a grain of rice. You can use an electric slow cooker or electric rice cooker to heat the mixture so it will evaporate more readily, but do so in a very well ventilated area without any risk of flames nearby as it is a fire risk. Hope that helps and good luck!

Thanks for your response. I wasn’t able to use the food grade alcohol, and it seems to be taking a bit longer to evaporate than I had thought. It’s been strained for a little more than 24 hours and has reduced by about 1/6. Granted I’m in Alaska and the sunlight is going away and temps aren’t really soaring – so in the house during the day it’s not overly warm. Does this seem reasonable? Is there anything wrong with it if it takes a couple days to reduce?

Hi Frank, yes you can, I would go with the coconut sugar or date sugar, good luck!