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Method: In one jar add 25g of water, 25g of flour. Do this daily until you have activity - usually a week. You may need to discard some of this. Discard before topping up, obviously. When it looks ready for using (bubbling a lot a few hours after adding a top up), top it up with larger quantities so you have enough for your dough.
Use the amount of starter needed for your dough - if you're judged it well, there shouldn't be loads of starter left in the jar, add 25g water, 25g flour, and leave until you next need it. Bung it in the fridge if you won't use it again in the next week.
If you've fridged it, bring it out a day before use and bang 25g flour, 25g water in, then top that up to the quantity you need for your dough once the mix is bubbling from the post fridge top up.
Since getting my starter going about a month ago, I've only discarded starter once. It doesn't need fed all the time, nor in big quantities. I've changed the container once as I just leave it out with the lid ajar and it was a bit messy. It always has good activity when I top it up, and I don't bother fridging it because it gets used twice a week to make bread/pizza.