This is all interesting info.
Funny how we all experiment to find what works for us. This is my second year with sowing seeds.
Last year I started inside and moved about 10 seedlings outside early summer. By the end of summer, I had 8 left. I moved them into larger paper cups and then buried them in a raised bed and let them be. This spring, I had 5 return. Three look great and are growing nicely. Two are smaller and one of those, I accidentally knocked a leaf off it it. So for now they are staying in the raised bed.
As for this year, I am attempting the direct sow, but did them again into buried papercups. I had a boatload of seeds, so I sowed what I had for each pod into a cup and figure that when they do come up, I'll keep two or three per cup and then see how we fair from there. With that plan, I will have at least 16 to 30 something seedlings.
My final thought is that they have to be able to survive in my 5B/6A climate to so outside they will sprout and live
