Shaken not stirred lager starter?

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He is talking about Mark V’s “shake it like it owes you money and pitch at high krausen” method. I can’t answer your question, but I am sure Mark has answered this previously.

I am.

I’ve been reading over a bunch of old threads on the topic and I found this one

I do not crash shaken starters.  However, then again, I never go beyond a liter for a 5 to 6-gallon batch of ale or lager.  Growth is exponential, not linear.  The difference between a 1L starter and a 2L starter is one replication period.

When the OP was using 6L of shaken starter for 10g of lager.  So, I guess I should be somewhere between 1L and 3L’s for my 5 gallons…