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Starter Cultures and Deionised water

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 20:00
by Leesel
Hi All,

Does anyone know if I can used deionised water instead of distilled water when waking up starter cultures. It’s vastly cheaper and according to what I’ve read seems like it would work and the only difference seems to be the process of purification.
Thanks
Lee

Re: Starter Cultures and Deionised water

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 20:34
by Indaswamp
The microbes need the ions in the water for proper osmotic pressure...at least that is what I have read....

Re: Starter Cultures and Deionised water

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 21:37
by Leesel
Indaswamp wrote:
Sat Mar 06, 2021 20:34
The microbes need the ions in the water for proper osmotic pressure...at least that is what I have read....
I’ll stick with distilled then thanks