Iām doing similar to Smokey101 starting my plants indoors
Soak 24 hours
Paper towel till sprouted
Transfer to small sealed starter environment
At start of seedling stage transfer to outdoors over a few days
Transplant to final pot with first fan leaves out
Free light energy cant be beat.
I have an organic pesticide that i use once a week as preventative care and i use small glue traps
Fabric pots on a balcony so i can move them as needed, especially with extreme wind or heat as i am in a coastal Mediterranean location