Zkittlez R1 Feminized

Zkittlez R1 Feminized at a glance

Zkittlez R1 Feminized is a photoperiod plant from the Zkittlez line, listed at 22 to 24% THC. The aroma runs from grape and grapefruit to berry and candy, led by limonene, and the effect pairs a relaxed body with a lifted mood and a clear head. It flowers in 8 to 9 weeks (56 to 63 days).

Genetics

The listing gives a single word for the genetics: Zkittlez. R1 comes from that line and keeps its grape and candy character, with a frame of its own: stocky, controlled, branching sideways, with dense, colourful buds and a generous coat of resin from the first weeks of flower.

To see what the line contributes, read our Zkittlez Feminized page, which gives the original cross and its own numbers. Put side by side, the two pages show where R1 follows the family and where it goes its own way.

Aroma and effect

Grape and grapefruit open, and berry and candy follow. Limonene gives the grapefruit-pith edge, myrcene an earthy, slightly musky base, caryophyllene the warm spice that stops the sweetness going flat, and linalool a soft floral finish.

The effect builds gradually: the body relaxes, the mood lifts and the head stays clear, never fully heavy.

Growing guide

Difficulty is intermediate: the plant forgives small feeding slips, but its dense buds ask for attention to humidity. It stands 90 to 130 cm indoors, suits Mediterranean and temperate climates, and flowers in 8 to 9 weeks (56 to 63 days) after the switch to 12 hours of light.

Indoors: from veg to flower

After one to two weeks of germination and seedling, give it only 2 to 3 weeks of vegetative growth before the flip to 12/12. Flowering then takes 8 to 9 weeks (56 to 63 days), a one-week window counted from the flip.

Keep 20 to 26°C and about 50 to 70% humidity in veg, then 40 to 50% in flower, with air moving above and under the canopy, because mould starts inside dense buds; our guide to VPD helps you balance the two.

In the last two weeks, let the nights fall 8 to 10°C below the day and the purple tones come up.

Outdoors in Quebec

Plant out once the last frost is behind you, so the plant has a long vegetative season. With an early to mid-October harvest, the cold, damp autumn on the St. Lawrence is the main risk, and cold nights can arrive early.

Our guide to predicting frost from cold nights helps you watch for them, and the outdoor growing guide for Canada covers timing by region.

Growing tips

Low-stress training or a screen of green opens the lower bud sites to light and spreads the yield over several tops instead of one dominant cola. Before you cut, check the trichomes under a loupe: mostly cloudy for a livelier result, a little amber for a deeper one.

Dry in a dark, ventilated room with the branches hanging upside down, following the golden rule of drying, 18/60/18: 18°C, 60% humidity, 18 days, with the dehumidifier running non-stop for the first 48 to 72 hours. Then cure in jars; our guide to curing and storing buds shows how to keep the fruit notes bright.