Anyone Grown Ice??

ok well i ordered ice and white widow from dutch seeds and got them started growing from seed and the ice came up right away the white never even tried to come up (4 out of 10 seeds) so ive been fighting to keep this ice alive from mites and what not it would get big then all sudden over night come attacked and by morning she look bad so i would nerture her till she was healthy enoguth take cuts and the main would die and the cuts lived well did this for about 6 months befor she finally died. My question to you is, is it a hard strain to grow? is it worth the reefort of trying to get it back up and going? and How's the smoke lol