Hi,i grow chronic for over 5 years after trying all manner of strains and i found it easy to grow and it gave very good yeids with out losing the quality.
The only thing i found a problem is at first i was told not to top them so in your crop you can some times get run aways which can end up doulbe the size of the others,which can cause problems for lighting.
I tried tying them down ect,but in the end i just topped them and it did not seem to effect yeild.
They grow well in soil and hydro and i had very little problems with this strain apart from things like black fly larve in the rootzone which you can get with any strain.
Bottom line is i have grown bubble gum(that was a cracker

),white widow,northen lights,white russian,big bud blue berry ect ect but chronic was the one i stuck with and grow the most has when i first started growing i keeped trying different strains swapping and changing,which can be a pain has each strain has is own little likes and dislikes.
i got to know how to get the best from it and that is why i have stuck with it.
Give it go it will give good yeild and quanity