How to Choose Your First Liquid Culture
Twenty-five strains across four product families. If you're new to growing, that's a lot to take in. The good news: you don't need to understand every strain to make a good choice. You need to answer three questions — and the right liquid culture will follow.
Three Questions to Find Your Strain
What's your experience level?
First grow
Start with Heritage Series
These strains have been refined through decades of selective cultivation for reliability, consistent performance, and forgiving growth. Golden Teacher and B+ are the two most recommended strains for first-time growers — widely grown, well-documented, and genuinely hard to go wrong with.
Some experience
All three psychedelic families are open to you
Wild Origin strains add natural variability to your grow. Hybrid Fusion strains push further — higher potency, more unique characteristics — but can be less predictable. If you've had one or two successful grows, you're ready to explore.
Experienced grower
Hybrid Fusion is built for you
These are the strains at the frontier of cultivation science — extraordinary potency, unique phenotypes, genetic characteristics you won't find in traditional varieties. The inter-species cross Yellow Umbo, the albino phenotypes of Yeti and Jack Frost, the extreme genetics of Jedi Mind Fuck Albino.
What kind of growing experience do you want?
Reliable and predictable
Heritage Series — consistent yields, stable genetics, grows that behave the way you expect them to.
Connected to nature, full natural variation
Wild Origin — less optimised, more authentic. Each harvest reflects the natural character of a specific geographic lineage.
At the cutting edge
Hybrid Fusion — laboratory-created varieties with traits that exist nowhere else. Higher potency, unusual appearance, reduced spore production.
Health and wellbeing
Vital Nature — Reishi and Lion's Mane, legal everywhere, valued for their bioactive compounds, and a completely different kind of growing experience.
What are you growing for?
Curiosity and exploration
Wild Origin or Heritage Series — both give a genuine growing experience with well-understood genetics.
Potency
Hybrid Fusion — PE7, OG APE, APE221, Jack Frost, Yeti. These are the strains growers choose when potency is the priority.
Ease of growth and yield
Heritage Series — B+, Golden Teacher, Hillbilly Pumpkin. Prolific fruiters, forgiving to grow, multiple reliable flushes.
Wellness and functional use
Vital Nature — Reishi for adaptogenic support, Lion's Mane for cognitive health. Grown at home, harvested fresh.
Strain Recommendations by Goal
| Goal | Recommended strain | Series | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| First grow, want to succeed | Golden Teacher | Heritage | Most widely grown cubensis — forgiving, reliable, well-documented |
| First grow, want big yields | B+ | Heritage | Large fruits, fast colonisation, very beginner-friendly |
| Natural, authentic genetics | Cambodia | Wild Origin | Classic wild strain, proven across thousands of grows |
| Explore a different species | True Natalensis | Wild Origin | P. natalensis — distinct from cubensis, unique character |
| High potency | PE7 | Heritage | Classic high-potency Heritage strain |
| Cutting-edge potency | Jack Frost | Hybrid Fusion | Albino, heavy bruising, exceptional potency |
| Unique appearance | Yeti | Hybrid Fusion | Striking albino phenotype, highly sought-after |
| Inter-species curiosity | Yellow Umbo | Hybrid Fusion | P. ochraceocentrata × cubensis cross — genuinely unique |
| Medicinal — stress support | Reishi | Vital Nature | Centuries of traditional use as an adaptogen |
| Medicinal — cognitive health | Lion's Mane | Vital Nature | Studied for nerve growth factor support |
Start With One Strain
It's tempting to order several at once. Resist that for your first grow.
One strain, one bag, done well — teaches you far more than three strains done in a rush. Once you've completed a full grow cycle and know what to watch for, you'll have a much clearer sense of what to try next.
Most growers who stick with Golden Teacher or B+ for their first grow come back to order three or four more strains once they're comfortable. That's the right order of operations.
What Comes With Every Liquid Culture
Every Cloud920 liquid culture is:
Frequently Asked Questions
It's the most recommended for good reason — it's forgiving, fruits reliably, and the grow is well-documented online. But B+ is equally beginner-friendly and often produces larger individual fruits. Either is a great starting point.
Wild Origin strains carry unmodified wild genetics — more natural variability between grows and flushes. Heritage strains have been selectively cultivated for decades to be more consistent, higher-yielding, and easier to grow. Same species, very different growing character.
Some are. Albino strains in particular can be slower to colonise and more sensitive to environmental conditions than traditional strains. We recommend having at least one successful grow before working with Hybrid Fusion genetics.
Yes — our millet, corn, and CVG bags work with any liquid culture, regardless of series. Choose your substrate based on your grow method, not your strain.
Stored in the fridge at 4–6°C, most liquid cultures remain viable for 2–3 months. Take it out 30 minutes before use to let it warm to room temperature.
Browse Our Liquid Cultures
Ready to choose? Browse each series or read the full strain guide before you decide.