Thought I would try my hand at collecting some wild yeast from a pear off of my pear tree. Am completely new to this and to wild yeast...now am going to be "that guy" do I have an infection or is this a type of lacto that I collected? I dont smell anything funky or off, it smells tart and citrus like. There has been active fermentation, the gravity dropped from 1.038 to 1.008 in 4 days.... There is a white powder covering the surface that I don't see in most online pictures of pellicles...
If it's not an infection what is my next step? Skim off the pellicle before making a bigger starter or leave it? Pictures attached, this is day 4
If it's not an infection what is my next step? Skim off the pellicle before making a bigger starter or leave it? Pictures attached, this is day 4
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