It's certainly possible to grow decent crops using fluorescent lamps, however, plants will take much longer to mature and flower. Plants will stretch getting tall and leggy because of the low light level. Fluorescent light is perfect for seedlings and short growing plants.

If you are really considering using fluorescent lamps to grow crops a Very High Output (VHO) lamp is recommended. VHO's comes in higher wattages than regular fluorescent and offer more lumens and will grow plants more compact with bigger flowers.

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