*To have your starter constantly ready for recipes, feed your starter 1/4 c. water & 1/4 c. flour DAILY and place in new jar.
*To just keep it alive, but dormant, feed your starter feed your starter 1/4 c. water & 1/4 c. flour WEEKLY and place in new jar.
*You can use different types of wheat flour to make your homemade bread, but for an active, well-performing starter, hard red wheat flour is recommended. I use hard red wheat to feed my starter and then use hard white wheat, soft spring wheat, plain wheat flour from the store, freshly ground, spelt, einkorn -- really any kind of wheat to make any baked good I use yeast in.