I’m 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