CC, I have found out that the Arkansas River Strain of SMB don't grow as fast, get as wide, or as tall as the Northern strain, therefore the RW of them never really gets more than 100%. The Arkansas River Strain aren't limited to suppliers down South either (at least one supplier in Ohio has them, but they don't advertise (or maybe don't know) that. SO, if your goal is to grow some large SMB, you need to stock as close to pure Northern Strain as possible.

At least that's my take on it. Snipe might have a different reason.


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