Hey, I haven't grown white widow myself, but I did consider it seriously recently so I did some research. It seems most people have found it pretty easy to grow for beginners, if you order from a good seed bank. However, it seems that it's pretty rare to get true White Widow genetics, in other words, if you grow out like 20 seeds, you might get one or two females who have the desired and defining characteristics of White Widow. This can probably said for most of the big strains that have a wide distribution. I decided to grow Northern Lights for my first real grow, and found it to be really forgiving and overall excellent. Grew really fast, produced large dense, and very colorful buds, and didn't smell too much. Really good, and more stable strain. All that to say, White Widow will most likely grow very ruggedly and produce great smoke, but you should expect wide phenotypic variation between individuals, which is not usually desirable. Good luCK!