Crop King Seeds

Better than expected

No more bugs and mold for me

Harvested about 30 grams (estimated since I don't have a scale) on day 92 from my first grow, done in a tent smaller than a broom closet, and from a 150W LED (63 watts from the wall) with just 2 gallons of Pro-mix Premium Soil, Humbolt's Secret Golden Tree (from day 22 to a week before flush) and one dosing of 0.5 g/L of Fearless Gardener Brand Rock Hard.

This was about the upper end of what I expected, so I'm pretty happy with it. I trimmed the buds a bit rough, though I'm okay with that as it is very frosty bud, and very resinous. The smoke is still pretty smooth, despite the rough trim and that its had no time to properly cure yet. The high is pleasant: I harvested a bit late, just when some trichomes were turning amber, to enhance its indica genetics. It creates a nice night time high, which curing can only enhance.

The only reason I took a star off is because I think Crop King is pushing the marketing a bit with the selling of this as a 7 week strain when you'll be very hard pressed to find journals of this finishing in even 10 weeks, let alone 7. Some of the extra time is definitely down to mistakes I made, though I really doubt I could grow this, even with a lot more experience, in under even 10 weeks.

But this strain has so many good things going for it, and my experience with Crop King (timeline advertising aside) has only been positive: I'll be going back to these guys again. I already have my second grow germinated and planted, so barring a failure to launch, it should pop up within the next few days.

I have all of the nutrients I plan to add for that grow, based on what I learned from growing a very minimalist nute approach the first time, and this next grow is in the same tent and under the same 150W LED. I made some minor changes outside of that, though I'll save those for that journal.

I had no problems with any bugs or fungus, though I did hit a lot of nute deficiencies which I learned from for next grow. I found this strain a pleasure to grow, and with LST it can be grown very small. The high it produces is excellent for night time bud,

I really enjoyed growing this strain. I have 4 more seeds so I will grow again. Will be keeping a mother for a perpetual grow. Thanks Crop King!:+1:

Harvest time for Crop King’s White Widow. I outlined in the first week this is not my first experience, in fact the strain in general regardless of distributor would be a recommend for new growers and for breeding stock. This was a regular clone that was gifted to me, and so I didn’t purchase the Crop King seeds. The only thing to note is the ability to get ravaged by pests as a clone, recover, and thats where I got it....

No issues in flowering other than overcrowding. One drawback of Widow, and the score of seven instead of eight, is its tendency to grow spindly branches, its very bushy, and produces little clumps of bud. In general, thats a pain, and it doesn’t work as well in a sea of green or small plant setup. However, its super durable and resistant, and consistent, and so its still valuable. Another great limiter with this grow was experimenting with lights, it only got ten hours of daylight for the first four weeks. This surely limited yield.

Smell during growing is pungent, classic. I will say I rushed this plant and struggled to get leaf fade, and work through the soil amendment. I felt I wasn’t really able to bring the aromas out during flower. In terms of dried product, I’ve always found Widow takes quite some time to cure into a nice taste and is better left mixing anyway. It is like a classic cannabis/plant/herb smell, with some harsh overtones that go a but pine like or wood like, and sweet, as it fades to the CBD. I find this strain forms the base taste that strains like Super Silver Haze and Black Indica are similar too (in taste).

Effects are really good as always, probably just slightly leaning indica, but its generally a wash. Again, great for mixing.

The final verdict is this is one of my favourite strains, but it doesn’t like speed, and its a pain in the a** to trim. Its more bunches of bud that solid stalks. It is notable for having perhaps my favourite leaf shape of all the strains I’ve grown. However, I’m now looking to Widow crosses moving forward, to get the benefits of two.

In addition, I got a handful of non developed seeds in the larf, and one developed seed (it appears). I did not clone, so that lone seed can be emergency. Also, my buddy who donated the clone has more Crop King Seeds, and widow strains from other distributors. I too am planning on growing a Widow mix soon.

Super pungent, and sweet! Grew beautifully!