[Koala Doug]

Originally Posted by asaump

I plan to start seedlings (tomatoes and peppers) for the first time in my basement this spring. Will be very little natural light available. I am probably looking at 6-8 plants of each. May put a few cukes under the lights also. I am trying to get this set up as cost effective (also spelled cheap) as I can. Would something like this work?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076FQ15R6...EE431X30&psc=1

Just so you know, those are LED lights in a T5 fixture, not a fluorescent T5 tube light.

As someone else has already suggested, you could get a cheap T8 fluorescent tube & ballast setup for pretty cheap. And replacement T8 bulbs are also cheap and easy to source. In my opinion, that is the best balance of affordability, availability, and performance.