Are these plants from seeds. If they are different strains they can easily have different needs. And even if they are from the same strain,each different plant from a different seed can show a broad range of differences. This is why people will grow like 8 plants of a strain and make a clone from the best one to be a Mother. Info would really help. A Photo would ber great also.
perhaps the lack of crystals could be to low sweetness in the soil. molasses or the bottle of stuff called sweet, seaweed, kelp, all help with crystal production