I'm going to have to stretch my memory here. Even though it was only 2yrs ago that I started mine If I remember what I did was take a seed tray and drilled a number of small holes in the bottom. Filled the tray with seed starting mix and perlite, I remember it was on sale so I had bought a bunch of bags at WM. I then filled another tray with water and set this one down inside it to allow the seed mix to wick the water up through the holes. Once it was pretty well soaked I laid down the seeds and lightly covered them with another layer of seed starting mix. Here's a couple of photos of mine when they were just starting. I have quite a few more photos that showed their progress but you get the idea. Just remember to keep the growing medium good and damp.
