I live in a pretty humid and hot place. I bought some very expensive herb and it had 7-8 seeds in it. I figured What the heck? and decided to plant them and see what happens.
I did no research, I just grabbed some pots (3) threw in some rich black dirt, added some generic vitamin/mineral fertilizer a couple times and said "Let me see what happens!" Grew them all outside. We have long days, averaging about 12 hours a day. They got lots of sun, and I watered them a little twice a day most days. Pretty good drainage in the pots.