Plants need a very specific type of light in order to simulate sunlight that lets them make food for themselves, Pamela. Any old light will not work, you need to buy lights that are for the specific purpose of growing plants.
No idea if that bulb would give a plant enough of the right light to photosynthesize. You'd have to try it. I would put it in a lamp and put one plant under it, no more than 5in. away. Give it 12 hours of light per day for a week and see how the plant is doing, then you'll know. But . . . well you'll need a lamp like that for each plant you are growing, and as they get bigger, you'll need more lamps . . . trust me, it will be cheaper and more successful in the long run to just get a big fluorescent fixture that holds 4ft. tubes and do it right.
