A friend of mine back in Florida approved heartily of my interest in botanical self-sufficiency, and gifted me with 50 seeds of his own private reserve. He brought this stock from Hawaii when he moved back to mainland, and told me it was "3rd generation White Widow," adding that it was very Indica-esque. All I know is they look far different than the schwag bagseed I had collected up to that point. Smaller, far darker, and with tiger-like stripes on the majority of them. My first attempt with them still isn't fully done, but I now know it has been hampered by incorrect topping and insufficient light.


But not this time! Christmas bud is my intention as well. I've invested in some quality components and nutes, and Round 2 should start tomorrow actually. I'll be supplementing 400W of MH with an additional 160W of CFLs (about 44,000 combined lumens at 6500K if my math is correct) for about 8 weeks of vegging. Then it's over to 55,000 lumens of Hortilux love for some bloomin. Organic EarthJuice will be on the menu for both phases, and of course I'm going to give scrog a shot, but this time not top until after I see 6 nodes (did it after 3 this past try, booo). Space and cooling are not issues for me.

Figure I'd exhaust my current seed bank for experience's sake before moving up to the awesome strains you guys dabble with. Can't wait to see what a difference HID makes.