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It is important to note that there is no indication whatsoever that this frutescens introgression has anything to do with the superhot phenotype. It is most likely nothing more than a coincidence. The superhot mutation could even have originated before that introgression.

Pepper varieties are always inbred and have already gone through that bottleneck during creation of said variety and all plants of your large group will be genetically identical. The only problem would be the accumulation of deleterious spontaneous mutations and the hybridization with other...

That bulb is not bright enough and has a very low electrical efficiency (= rip-off). What you want are standard 17.5 W 2500 lumen 4000 K (neutral white) ones. I use these regularly for raising my plants indoor. You definitely don't need special spectra bulbs. A higher lamp would be much better...

I have always be a plant guy and had grown chilis on a small scale for many years. In 2019, I have started breeding hot peppers. Current projects are crossing cool phenotypes into other species (stripey, superhot, leaf smell, fruit flavor (Reaper/Orange Hab)) as well as investigating fruit...