For poops and gig's i grew a jack the ripper x sfv og kush bx2 12/12 from seed, in a 5 gal bucket, with a total of 170 watt 2700k and 80 watts of 6500k and it turned out dank. Not as frosty per say as my HID grows but was rather easy to achieve. Plant still performed just not with the speed of a hid. In a blind taste test, my wife, my nephew, nor I could identify them correctly. We all actually said the cfl grown bud was hid. Taste-Potency(matters most to me personally) wise it was not possible to tell the difference , however yield was obviously a large difference as well as bud density. The HID are just far chunkier of buds.
Its def possible to do 12/12 with minimal cfl's and still grow your own dank meds ( which is great for people who have pledge not to buy again like myself and I have MS in a non medical marijuana state) .
Granted its not worth my time now to monkey with cfls. It was more of an test than it was anything. I have no need to grow with cfl's for my hid setups take care of my much needed supply.
Which reminds me, learning to ration your meds sucks, especially for those who needed it medically. I refuse to purchase the black market weed . Quality just is not there. Never has been really. In my neck of the woods black market weed does nothing for me medicinally and it takes a lot to even feel anything from it. Have not purchased from black market in two years and I never will again.
Pics are of plant at week 4 of flower. Once seeds cracked it was the second and third weeks this plant went bazooka mode and stretched and grew like crazy. I end up having to top it because of height restraints. Topping never bothered her. Next morning she was 4 inches taller. Used Pro-mix and fox farm nuts. Didnt get any pics after this , my dog chico felt my camera need a wash up in the toliet
But ya get the gist of what can be down with good genetics and minimal cfl's.
Pic three you can see her starting to chunk up. Buds were very dense just not huge. Plant was a sweet pheno. A good mix of the jtr and the sfv og tfrom karma genetics. Taste was jtr dom, very lemony (sometime a pink grapefruit would overpower the lemon) and smooth while the high was a mix of sativa and indica. I loved the genetics. Jtr is to much for me. It went from being medicated to holy shit im tripping...and in my shoes i need to get stuff not lick the walls
The big bulb in pic one is a half working half not working 100 watt 2700k feliz. Pepsi bottles are homemade co2.Nothing fancy for a setup, all cheap and easy stuff to obtain.