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Sorta. I finally gave up searching and just got one of these that you can find online and in HD stores:
https://imgur.com/gallery/ZCGrQSw
It seems to work but I had to do some experimenting first about location and the like.
I initially set it up just a few feet from the plants like what I read both with the light and online. The plants grew like mad but I also noticed the leaves began looking like they were burnt.
I ended up moving the light to about 10 or so feet away and turning it so it was not quite direct on them. I put it on a timer for just four hours and left the overhead light on during daylight hours for regular light (I have them in the garage now during winter months).
The leaves on my avocado trees now look like a wet glossy sheen. So something seems to be working.
I’ve barely fertilized them - maybe once every three or four weeks or I will give them some citrus plant fertilizer but otherwise they seem to be growing well.
In another couple weeks I will move them back outside.