Recipe Talk

I found the recipe here and have tried it 2times but it keeps getting mold on top of the starter. What is going wrong????

FRIENDSHIP STARTER

1/3 cup canned peaches, cut in chunks

1/3 cup canned apricots, cut in chunks

1/3 cup canned pineapple, cut in chunks

1/4 cup maraschino cherries, cut in wedges

1 cup granulated sugar

Combine all ingredients in an apothecary jar, stirring well. Stir about once a week. Every 14 days, add
1 cup sugar and 1 cup canned fruit of choice or add 1/3 cup each of three different kinds of fruit.

********Donot add juice. Do not use fresh fruit. Do not refrigerate. Do not let fruit fall below the two cup level or
the fermentation will stop and the fruit will spoil. Keep at room temperature in an open, light area.

When you have two cups of the mixture to share, carry on the nice custom and give a start to a friend
or neighbor. (Mrs. A. E. Ackermann, Green Island, Iowa)

SOUR DOUGH STARTER

2 cups warm potato water, saved from cooking peeled potatoes

3 tablespoons sugar

1 3/4 cups unsifted flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

Mix well and cover and set crock in warm draft free place. Allow starter to work 12 to 24 hours
before using.

http://www.breadwithoutborders.com/printable/sourdough.htm