For the moonflowers I nicked the seeds, then soaked them in warm water for maybe 20 hours. I put them in a glass next to a heat vent so the water would stay warmer. Then I planted them in 3 oz clear plastic cups that I drilled holes in the bottom of with my own mix of 2 parts peat moss, 1 part perlite and 1 part vermiculite. Within 24 hours most of them already began to sprout, the rest of them by the next day.