Hi Maria. The CFL is a great light for to start, Seedlings love it. be4cause its not to heavy. And yes you can go throughout the whole cycle with the CFL....Just monitoring your PLants, If they start to grow with BIIIG ibternodial space go closer with the light. If flowers wont develop nicely you may add more light, but theoretically it should be enough for a PLant,
But you get much bettr development in changing to HID in Flower or inventing in a led-Quantumboard. More infos per PM if you want