This was my first time and I did it completely with floros...I never used "cfls" i dont believe but instead i used the tube lights.

I started out with a few 2 foot grow bulbs on the walls which costed around 20 dollars then finally upgraded and bought a 4 foot shop light fixture hung it from the ceiling stuck 2 4' grow bulbs in that bad boy and it was off to the races from there. I ended up getting 1 more fixture but could only put one bulb into it cause they sold up but my grow is doing rather nicely..they're a couple weeks into flowering and producing very very nice buds

One thing i should have done different; once i put them into flowering got lower kelvin temperature bulbs and they probably would have produced better but as for my (first ever) very low budget grow i'm satisfied with the outcome(havn't harvested yet, though)
nick19882003 Reviewed by nick19882003 on . flourescent lighting can sum1 explain CFL? is that just a technical name for flourescents? are they more powerful? most importantly, are flourescents acceptable throughout all stages of a plants life? Rating: 5