i've seen great plants grown with CFLs. quite a few on this site.
myself, i'm under equipped; i'm using 3 x 2700k 23w and 1 x 6500k 26w CFLs for two plants 45 days into flowering and one that is 20 days into veg.
i'm not going to get the best i can(like i said, under equipped.), but i'm...